Because I've reviewed this wine a ton of times, I'll simply add that there were slight pyrazine and green peppercorn flavors that came from this bottle. Overall, a flavorful creature indeed, but in a…
As good as it was 1.5 years ago. A big, mouthwatering wine that is somehow able to finesse its way clear of being a brute. Super luscious blue and black berry fruits, with embers, slate, anise/dark…
It's been 3.5 years since my last bottle. This has progressed nicely, and could likely use even another year or two to fully come together. Followed over the course of 72 hours (Days one and two were…
Displaying a similar flavor profile to the bottle I had six months ago, but this bottle was more muted and shut down in terms of expressiveness and exuberance. It was a "nice" wine, but it took more…
Almost four years have past since I last took a shot at this wine (my tasting note on 7/3/16 is vastly different than my experience today). Patience has paid off for sure, as this once spun-up purple…
Black cherry, tea, earthy black raspberry, and some wet cedar. More medium and even tempered than the more complex 2016 version. Air in the decanter for 2-3 hours made for deeper tonalities; black…
Similar to previous notes. 2-3 hours in the decanter helped, but could've used longer to deepen the mid-palate drop even further. Very attractive dark berry fruit, black licorice, and earthy spice…
Earthy wild red and purple plum, black raspberry, spice box, incense, bitter cacao powder, garrigue/underbrush, and some cedary forest floor. A front end straight-shot delivery of primary flavors…
Primary red and black cherry fruit. Similar to the 2017 version, with perhaps a tick less depth. Today, I prefer the comparative promise the 2017 shows, with its heightened vivacity and budding…
Dark black cherry, black raspberry, licorice, plum, embers, and some bitter chocolate and soft wet cedar. Medium bodied, with a balanced push of young but budding luscious fruit. Holding back its…
Man.... For $33 I should have backed the truck up with this wine (of course, now that I see it's around $50 now - which is still a reasonable tariff). This WAY over-delivers for its class and…
Primary black cherry and slightly earthy rhubarb notes, with subtle citrus on the back end (with a lot of coaxing and swirling in the glass to try to bring out any true depth of flavor). Youthfully…
A fairly typical young St Julien, with higher register red and black fruit, sour crunchy cherry, red currant, dried cranberry, and cedar. Acidity takes the stage currently, with an inability to truly…
Dark red and black cherry, red and black raspberry, forest floor, and rocky earth. Nicely pitched, with a cascading and saturated mid-palate expansion that surprises considering its youth. Fresh and…
Similar to my previous notes in terms of specific flavor profile; just more advanced in expansion and depth (since having it 3 years ago). This was a dark and concentrated wine. Huge black berry…
Huckleberry, blueberry, blackberry pie, licorice, creosote, graphite, campfire, and wet slate. A textural temptress, with a silky smooth front end. Holds a ripe and chewy mid-entry drop that melts…
Black raspberry, red and black cherry, spice, earth, cassis, and some toasty vanilla. A super punchy delivery right now, with some high register sour red fruit darting around the core and making for…
Rhubarb, wild ripe strawberry, RC Cola, red and black cherry, bruised raspberry, dark earth, and subtle vanilla liqueur. Deep and concentrated, with slamming grip and speed that beg for more time in…
Well it looks like Andremily has upped their game with this iteration of Mourvèdre. The hype is real and justified my friends. I need another new winery allocation like I need COVID, but it looks…
Rhubarb, red and black cherry, strawberry, incense, orange rind, and some smoke. A hair more intensity and fruit than the 2015, with a succulent delivery that makes for a juicy core. A judicious hit…
Generous with the black cherry fruit, with burnt orange rind, smokey earth, and spice notes. A tick of extravagance mid-palate is perfectly counterbalanced with extraordinary acid. Notable speed and…
Pours clearer and more translucent than expected. A more feminine expression, with black cherry, garrigie, and some subtle earthy spice. The slightest animale note circles around the core. Finishes…
Black raspberry liqueur, huckleberry, deep plum, and some garrigue. Full bodied and full of life (and some booze - which took about an hour of exposed air before it blew off). Ultra flavorful on the…
Cool wild blackberry, rhubarb, purple plum, strawberry seed, stems, and some subtle limestone and garrigue notes. With a couple hours of decanted air, this really produced an interesting layered…
