4/20/2024 - ramclain Likes this wine:

So good, well balanced with wonderful notes of red fruit. Aged perfectly right now.

4/19/2024 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Wonderfully smooth and light, yet flavorful and well balanced. Paired perfectly with cherry jam pork tenderloin.

4/9/2024 - ramclain Likes this wine:

This wine has improved a lot over a year+! Quite nice and smooth, with well blended fruit.

1/18/2024 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Just so good and well balanced!

12/18/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Smooth and well balanced at this age. Notes of well blended dark fruit, predominantly blackberries and some prune. Quite nice.

12/9/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Well balanced with intense notes of ripe red fruit. Very smooth.

11/17/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Well balanced and smooth notes of red fruit. Paired best with sweet potato fries.

11/17/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Wonderfully complex, with a subtle balance on the finish. Fairly intense notes of bright red fruit, paired best with meatloaf. Actually tasted better straight out of the bottle after 10 to 15 minutes, decanting for an hour or more was much worse.

11/16/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Excellent. Well balanced notes of red fruit, improved dramatically after an hour of decanting. After that time, some spice on the finish.

11/3/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Fantastic. Perfectly balanced with light notes of blended fruit, followed quickly by lightly toasted oak and wonderfully strong vanilla.

11/2/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Light and bright with notes of bright cherry. So well balanced and paired wonderfully with a cranberry glazed pot roast.

10/28/2023 - ramclain wrote:

A long decant helps this wine a lot.

10/10/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Part of a vertical with the 2018. Notes of dried red fruit on this one, not as good as the 2018 on this tasting. This bottle might have seen a little extra air, as there were small streaks of wine all the way up the cork and a bit of a funk on the finish.

10/10/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Paired wonderfully with a cherry glazed pork tenderloin. Notes of bing cherry and other red fruit.

10/8/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Smooth, easy dressing, and flavorful. Well made.

9/26/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Notes of dried fruit, especially raisins.

9/17/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Improved a lot after decanting 2 hours. Brightened up dramatically and notes of vanilla and light white oak shined through. Excellent complexity and balance.

9/16/2023 - ramclain wrote:

Feeling much more tannic tonight and hard to give decent tasting notes. Think this wine may be in a dip of drinking window (which I have experienced before with Donati cabs) so will give it a few months and come back to it.

9/9/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Very nice after decanting over an hour, notes of vanilla, lightly toasted oak, and even mint.

9/5/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

I can’t say enough about this wine. Notes of bright red fruit with a well balanced and smooth finish. Always leaves you longing for more.

9/2/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

This wine has come into it’s own nicely with a little more age. Notes of vanilla and lightly toasted oak.

9/2/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Excellent and wonderful. At this age, it is best decanted at least 30 minutes. Very complex and well-balanced, notes of lightly toasted oak and vanilla are most predominant.

8/28/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

So wonderful, well balanced and lovely. Notes of lightly toasted oak and vanilla.

8/13/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

So smooth and well balanced, yet full of blended fruit. Quite a gem!

7/19/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Very nice! Bright red fruit.

7/3/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Decent, still not as good as the 2019, but gets significantly better after decanting an hour or more.

7/2/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Wonderful! Notes of bright red fruit, predominantly cherry, followed by light oak and vanilla.

6/17/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

So much better at this age, well blended notes of ripe red fruit.

6/7/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

A little more age has treated this wine wonderfully. Now it is finally drinking up to its potential! Well blended notes of ripe red fruit, with a smooth and balanced complexity.

6/7/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Wonderful, smooth and well aged now. Notes of bright cherry and well balanced red fruit.

6/2/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Paired wonderfully with a barbecue beef brisket.

6/3/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Well balanced, bright red fruit. Paired wonderfully with a creamy tomato basil sauce.

5/30/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Easy drinking, light and bright, ripe red fruit.

5/30/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Stellar. Well blended notes of red fruit with a touch of vanilla and light oak.

5/26/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

So good, so versatile.

5/22/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Light and easy drinking, with bright red fruit on the palate. Interested to see what this wine does over the next year or so.

5/22/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Very nice, light, bright and well-balanced. Notes of ripe red fruit, primarily raspberry.

4/23/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

So far not quite as good as the 2019, but will give it a little time and try again.

4/23/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

A little better now, with some aging, more red fruit comes through, but still nothing special.

4/23/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

So good. Decanting over 2 hours brings well balanced ripe red fruit, followed by chocolate and vanilla on the finish.

4/22/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Wonderful! Well, balanced notes of bright red fruit, predominantly cherry. Kept getting better and better after decanting through 2.5 hours.

4/18/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

The longer the decant, the better this wine gets. Finished the bottle after 3 hours. Notes of bright cherry followed by blended red fruit.

4/14/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Quite good, easy drinking, and flexible.

4/11/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

After 90 minutes of decanting wonderful, well-balanced notes of vanilla, dark chocolate, and then mint on the finish.

4/5/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Fairly well balanced and quite smooth, with a touch of vanilla on the finish.

4/5/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Wow, just wow. After decanting almost 3 hours, this wine is extraordinary. Notes of well blended red and dark fruit, then a strong taste of vanilla, followed by very light oak, caramel and molasses. Incredible!

4/3/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Drinking a magnum. Pretty good for a group but nothing special. Middle of the road. Better after decanting over 2 hours, got a little more complex.

4/2/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Decent Chianti with reasonable balance.

4/2/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

So incredibly good, such an amazing Chianti. Intense bright red fruit yet wonderfully well-balanced.

4/1/2023 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Aged wonderfully right now, well balanced notes of bright red fruit.