In a blind amongst some stellar performers (Kinsman, Macdonald, Scarecrow, Colgin), the 2019 Absurd showed as lighter bodied (I mean, for a Realm) and redder fruited than I would have anticipated. It…
My notes from 2019 say to revist it 2024. So, here we are! The good news is that it is not as uber ripe and in your face as five years ago. The just ok news is that, though it has indeed mellowed…
Cutting to the chase, this was a rocket ship on day two. Day one was reserved and a little linear, with red to black fruit dominating the profile. Finished flavorful but a bit strict on the back end.…
The 2014 M7 had been the only vintage of M7 I had not tasted until now. This particular bottle showed a relatively sweet and rich profile, with perhaps less delineation of flavor than more recent…
On the nose, sauvage and feral, with a prominent earthy element that masked any sense of fruit. In the palate, a lighter body sans the wildness, with a moderate injection of high riding red cherry…
Balanced and smooth, especially for such a young pup. Super fruity, in fact, one of the fruitiest renditions from this site that I can remember. Notes of mixed berry basket, boysenberry, licorice,…
I've had various vintages of these wines a number of times now, and this was the most unresolved I've experienced the beloved Sassicaia. Pours light and clear, posing as a baby Barolo with a broken…
Great fruit concentration, with black cherry, earth/soil, bitter chocolate chunk, and spice leading the flavor cavalry. The back end is yummy and slightly ravenous, with a filling/decently deep…
This dude is an unresolved fruity spider monkey boinging back and forth from round and bulbous to angular and abrupt, with a simple and shorter finish that seemed even slightly watery. Like a 2010…
Whoo doggies! Fire water. My initial notes read, "Enormous, alcoholic, black raspberry bomb with tons of booze. Finish cocktail driven. Man, the heat on repeat!" I was pretty surprised what a slap…
The citrus rind element is strong on the front end with this one, with mature notes of stewed plum, earth, salami, and leather picking up the rear. Medium bodied, but a bit lighter than…
Poised and balanced for such a young wine, the Chave St. Joseph offers black raspberry, soil, and brush elements that are indeed primary and linear, but steer clear of overly juvenile angularity.…
This is what I look for in a Bordeaux with some age on it. Fresh and complete, with both solid fruit flavors and complex secondary and tertiary notes adding interest. Red/black cherry and plum…
This is drinking absolutely gorgeous right now. Totally in the zone. Black and super dark red berry fruit and dark fresh soil elements swim in a pool of camphor, chewy bitter chocolate, black…
I see high praise here, and fundamentally I certainly understand it. I just didn't experience it to the full throttle degree of others. Sun drenched leather, sherry, oolong tea, burnt orange zest,…
Red fruit dominant, with smatterings of black currant, hope chest, black tea, and cedar. Though I found this to be fresh and solid, its overall flavor profile drank older than what I'd expect from…
Stewed purple plum, black raspberry, juicy cassis, wet limestone, coffee grounds, soil, and red-purple licorice kick off a To Kalon that is perhaps less 'serious' than other examples of this site,…
What started out as a wine with great potential on the first pop, began to decline over a few hours of consumption. Blackberry, purple plum, and black raspberry-driven, the core fruit profile was…
Sprinkles of old school earth and meat elements make for a more rustic delivery, but with an overall profile that is super charming and inviting. Macerated plum, bruised strawberry, leather, and…
From hero to zero, this bottle smelled like a wet dog park in Seattle and tasted like blackberry seeds grown in a Duracell factory. Down the drain. Weak.
Gothic and black as the night is long, the 2019 Ovid is a White Zombie black asphalt Thunderkiss '65 blackberry bonfire of tar, embers, black soil, obsidian blood, and Kraken ink. An intense…
It's big, juicy, and has all sorts of purple-red berry waves rumbling over the palate, though there is a cocktail element that orbits the profile throughout consumption. It's a young pup, so its…
Big, juicy, juicy, juicy, and juicy. Some alcohol comes to the party, but it's washed over pretty quickly by the (you guessed it) juicy fruit. This is rounder than I recall, with a big bubble of…
This bottle presents a good argument to the age-ability of certain Carter wines. This 2010 TK is a beautiful specimen, perhaps even slightly eclipsing the 2013 GTO served beside it (though I think…
