A blast of grippy and floral-laced red raspberry and cranberry notes launch on to the palate with a Fast and Furious "Kapow!" that initially leaves a numbing and slightly bitter effect. With some…
An intense pop of red and black cherry, red and black raspberry, and some red plum skin flavors launch across the palate in a flavorful and powerful front-loaded attack. Mid-palate intensity and…
Black currant, plum, charcuterie, topsoil, and faint leather. The tannins grip throughout but are offset well by the meaty core fruit that takes the flavor intensity up a tick or two and makes for a…
Earthy plum, black and red currant, dusty black cherry, topsoil, and saddle leather compile the profile of the 2012 Mon Chevalier. A medium attack with a more lithe skip across the mid-palate;…
Black cherry, unripe red and black raspberry, soil, forest floor, and some leather. Earth driven and softer in terms of an overt flashiness of fruit. The core is ripe, but less concentrated or…
Red and black berry core, with a thick bloody roast beef/black sanguine of Satan element that rides shotgun with the fruit and dark oak char flavors. A little gamey and roasted in its current state,…
As versions of the various Bevan wines offered up from this site go, this Tench Cabernet Sauvignon is bit more of a front-end downshift from the EE or Calixtro in terms of the initial push of…
This latest experience with the 2012 Wildfoote was from a multi-Coravin'd bottle than clearly was a bit tired and flat. The flavors were all there, but the drive and intensity had fallen off quite a…
Take one 250-pound ballerina barista roasting a vat of Death Wish coffee in a 55 gallon drum of plutonium, add 185,000 teaspoons of chocolate covered chocolate, mix with a six-mile strip of newly…
Bigger, chewier, and more powerfully extracted than its more focused and complex 2015 sibling, the 2016 EE in its current state is a swirling whirlpool of black and dark red berry fruit. Hints of…
Coming along very nicely since I last had it six months ago, this 2016 version of the Ontogeny is a dark and extracted example, with powerful black, purple, and deeply pitched red berry notes. The…
Black cherry, blackberry, iron rust, Kauai red dirt, and powdered chocolate notes pop with an energetic pulse that grabs your attention and begs for another sip. Layer after layer of fruit and flavor…
Black and red cherry, purple plum skin, unripe wild blackberry, and wonderfully compelling dark bitter chocolate notes undulate along the length of the palate with intent and to layered effect.…
Kicking out just as much energy as the 2012 sampled before it, but managing to counterbalance some of its speed with notable intensity and concentration, the 2016 Jumping Goat catapults notes of…
Plush and decidedly rich on the front end, but trailing off to a more superficial mid-palate and ultimately a round, somewhat simple finish, this inaugural rendition of Moonracer showed up to the…
This is just now starting to embark on its consumable evolution and is coming into a worthy drinking window since I last had it two years ago. A great deal of power and fortitude pushes an array of…
Initially taught and a bit linear, but keenly focused and energetic, the 2013 Harbison hits the palate with a firm push of dark black and purple berry core fruit. Black rock, clove, burnt bark, and…
Similar to my previous notes. Definitely an upfront, gushing fruit type of Pinot. A deeply pitched red raspberry core, with additional notes of red and black cherry, spice box, and some subtle earth.…
PnP was wound up tight with all sorts of Russell Crowe angry, just spitting poisonous nails across the palate and finishing with a hot, linear, and bitter barb on the tail. Double decanted and back…
Still needs another year or two to fully come together. It's a bit stuffed-up currently, with a bitter component that is creating a higher register effect; the core fruit is displaying in more wild…
Previous notes apply. Still TRYING to hold off popping these, as I truly believe a year or so will bring it into a perfect focus, but it is definitely compelling now. Followed over two days. Even…
Initial pull was a linear delivery of subdued red raspberry and pumice. With some air, additional notes of red and black cherry, graphite, strawberry cream, and faint bark emerged. Mid-palate…
Black cherry, red and black currant, dusty leather, earth, and some ginger snap cookie spices. Notable verve and energy here. The dust note is interwoven throughout the profile, adding some…
Black berry core fruit. Heavy chocolate, espresso, scorched earth, and dark spice notes as well. Extremely flavorful and a bit rich, with the mid-palate fully weighted with ripe, mocha-infused…
Over two years since I last had this wine. Holding strong and maintaining a worthy spine and grip to frame-out the beautiful dark black and red cherry core. Wonderfully balanced, with a deliberate…
