3/25/2024 - michaelbro8 Likes this wine:

After a 1+ hour decant; light purple in color. aroma of stone/granie + plum. Flavors of plum, ginger, and some apricot. Decent mouthfeel, medium finish

3/23/2024 - Henning13 wrote:

Tastes much older than it is. Medium body, ripe strawberries, dried herbs, nice acidity. Probably peaking right now.

3/3/2024 - Henning13 wrote:

Light to medium body, good acidity and fruit. Too bad the bottle was TCA tainted.

2/5/2024 - AlphaMikeFoxtrot wrote:

Ripe red cherries, ripe red raspberries, pickled cucumbers, smoked wood on the nose. Smells elegant, with a medium intensity of aromas; though the aromas themselves are tad simple. The palate fares better. While it's driven mostly by the red fruits (to which ripe strawberries are added), there's also cardamom pods, juniper berries, cedar wood and forest floor. Astringnet finish with some bitter herbal flavors. Medium + intensity of flavors too. The average American palate may hate this for new world PN - it's thinner and the oak influence is subtle. For me, I don't mind it. It really feels like it's from a cool climate.

Medium body with medium + acid and medium - tannin. Bitter medium finish. Drink now, decent pairing with seared tuna steaks.

12/10/2023 - goldgarf wrote:

Pleasant fruity pinot. Well made.

10/17/2023 - Rasmussenbrent Likes this wine:

This bottle is drinking so well right now.

10/16/2023 - Rasmussenbrent Likes this wine:

this bottle of wine is incredible for the price. Wish i could find more

10/2/2023 - MichielV wrote:

Very good pinot with time left. With salmon from ove. Perfect combo of course.

8/2/2023 - affordableCollector wrote:

dark purple core, garnet rim, in color.
aromas of red currant, blackberry, plum, pepper, spice, black olives, savory, cloves, leather, earth, vanilla.
crushed peppercorn, red currant, leather, medium acidity on a fine grain finish.
90 points, will revisit in a few years.

7/13/2023 - bwk Likes this wine:

Sweet cherry, black cherry and cassis. Edium tannins, persistent finish. Excellent with grilled strip steak.

5/14/2023 - WindFlyer Likes this wine:

garnet colour in the glass with slight bricking. earthy nose of sous-bois, spice and sap notes mingled with dark cherry. medium-bodied in the mouth with a running vein of acidity in the dark fruit flavours. accents of blood orange, savoury spice along with minerality enhance the mid palate. good persistence with a bit of heat that somewhat detracts from an otherwise elegant wine.

beautifully opened with a two-hour decant, this wine can perhaps gain a bit of complexity still. no hurry to drink this.

14.5% AbV that does show a bit; fifteen month in French oak (30% new).

7/5/2023 - DesMarteau Likes this wine:

Dark and full….great blueberry nose upon opening….let air in glass for a hour and it never really seemed to fully open …muted blueberries, plum, a little hollow in the mid palate …

4/15/2023 - danstrings Likes this wine:

Good classic earthy pinot, showing well

1/31/2023 - pdadams66 Likes this wine:

Drinking well, better on the 2nd day (surprising given the slight browning).

1/6/2023 - pdadams66 Likes this wine:

Fairly deep red center, red rim with modest signs of age.
Sweet, touch of raisins, smoked black cherries, blackberries, a hint of VA.
Smooth and rounded, juiced black cherries and blackberries, some oak in the background, good acidity, well integrated alcohol (stated 14.5%), turning a little green on the finish (in a good way), nice length.
Excellent Pinot, good depth of fruit, drinks well now with some air, has the city and fruit to go another few years.

12/10/2022 - bwk Likes this wine:

Cassis, dark cherry and blackberry. Medium tannins. Great choice with strip steak!

11/13/2022 - LCHammer Likes this wine:

Good, jammy zin with some tart fruit. Better on day 2.

11/5/2022 - bowmanbc Likes this wine:

something seemed a little off with this bottle. the cork showed signs of wine got through so could of been a storage issue before we received. tasted ok just not as robust as I thought it would taste.

9/24/2022 - klezman wrote:

At p'n'p this was quite nice. Balanced and earthy with a hint of smoke. A couple hours later it was all funk and smoke with little else. Later on in the evening it was more like how it started - interesting and balanced without an overwhelming funk.

9/17/2022 - goldgarf wrote:

Decent, but non-descript pinot noir.

3/9/2022 - KVM wrote:

Sweetness of fruit, spice and balanced toward power. Ready now with many years to go

11/26/2021 - goldgarf Likes this wine:

Nice pinot flavors. Not as tannic anymore.

10/11/2021 - bwk wrote:

Cassis for days plus black cherry and blackberry. Great tannin structure but not overpowering. Perfect with strip steak tonight!

4/11/2021 - Fat1Wombat wrote:

Medium red with just a hint of brick.
Bing cherry and brown spice. Some fresh blueberry with just a hint of caramel. Fresh aromas with good intensity.
Sweet fruit. Fresh acidity. Very focused. Ripe tannins with even texture.

3/12/2021 - KVM wrote:

Only med red with brown edge. Overripe strawberry and five spice nose carried by the alcohol. Darker fruit palate and milk chocolate in a pudgy body. All that oak needs some time to integrate.

3/7/2021 - ex-sommelier Does not like this wine:

First pour revealed some overpowering bitter oak tones, honestly thought it was corked in some way. It did balance out a bit revealing soft red fruits and mellow structure, but oak remained aggressively unpleasant. Not structured enough to age long.

2/20/2021 - michaelbro8 Likes this wine:

Slightly decanted; 45 minutes... A dark Pinot, with medium to slow legs. Aromas of plum and forest floor. On the tongue; Strawberry, Plum and some Mineral. Decent finish; medium length.

2/9/2021 - RonniePiemonte wrote:

I'm a big Calera fan for many years. This wine is not in the Calera style. Alcohol on the nose. Other than that it is Goldeneye South. Manipulated with strong wood. Soft extracted mouthfeel. Where is the fruit...

2/9/2021 - goldgarf wrote:

Nice berry flavors

1/1/2021 - bwk Likes this wine:

This has evolved beautifully! Cassis, black cherry, blackberry and black pepper with nice, medium tannins for structure. Long finish... Enjoy!

12/27/2020 - Yonny Likes this wine:

Nice - good - easy tannins , lots of fruit. 13.7 alcohol- other SC MTN Syrahs 14 -15 that I’ve tasted - this one gives me tad sweeter than I would prefer. But this is good stuff - Christmas gift

11/21/2020 - DesMarteau Likes this wine:

consistent along the continuum with my prior note....really good....integrated and fairly complex for a $20 cab! glad I aged it a bit.

10/31/2020 - goldgarf Likes this wine:

Very tasty; still young.

7/27/2020 - dssinger Likes this wine:

More tannic than most of their wines; very good!

6/21/2020 - bowmanbc Likes this wine:

hold for a while longer

5/3/2020 - dssinger Likes this wine:

Still holding up very well.

4/16/2020 - Flipper36 wrote:

You know this wine is still really good. Been avoiding it but really liked it.

4/12/2020 - redz wrote:

something wrong with that bottle

2/27/2020 - vincemcd61 Likes this wine:

Delicious wine. Had with pizza

1/24/2020 - vincemcd61 Likes this wine:

Very nice wine. Had with A Taste of Little Italy snacks. Perfect pairing

1/5/2020 - davesmith1957 Likes this wine:

Characteristic zin (excellent). Initially stunning then improves with time in the glass. Cherry and mellow peppery finish. Quintessentially zin.

11/8/2019 - RustyI Likes this wine:

Very nice and drinkable. Lowish tannins

7/19/2019 - ddemetri Does not like this wine:

Very flat. Uninteresting. Kind of fruity up front. No grip or finish. Cellared too long or went bad with too much heat.

4/22/2019 - 41hijinx Likes this wine:

Medium garnet color in glass. Nose rather muted but nice. Elegant, supple fruit on palate. Very low acidity due no doubt to gentle pressing. Not too complex but needs a few years to really open up. Went well with sautéed calves liver and onions!

4/18/2019 - elevwine Likes this wine:

Lovely wine but really needs time to open up. Even with a one hour decant, first half of bottle was good, but not nearly as rich as remainder on day 2. Great purchase

4/6/2019 - jrg01 wrote:

Yum. Light body, complex flavor with a great well balanced earthy finish.

1/20/2019 - redbrix Likes this wine:

This wine is garnet red with a little clarity. A bright cherry and cedar nose. Dry with cherry and oak flavors. Decent on all accounts.

11/11/2018 - 1961Vintage wrote:

Nice drinker but nothing interesting.

11/8/2018 - raiderwes wrote:

This is not bad at all! Big fruit, cherry flavors; good value Give it a little bit of air and it is quite smooth.

10/2/2018 - Kiteman12 Likes this wine:

Nose- red cherry dominates, red raspberry

Palate- medium light mouthfeel. Cherry is a bit darker. Vanilla notes with some oak and notes of chocolate! Impressive finish for the price point. Sad it’s gone.