October 21, 2014 - Decant 1 hour.
Appearance: Clear / deep / dark purple / slow leg
Nose: clean / med+ intensity / Green pepper
Palate: med dry / med acidity / med+ tannin / strong flavor.
Balance oak & spice / fresh green grassy. Long finishing. Good potential.
November 3, 2012 - Velvety,but still with slight tannins for strength. Fruity flavors diminished from youth but great balance.
September 16, 2012 - deep, rich, fantastic!
October 12, 2011 - Not a bad wine but has a vegetal nose and a bit of a vegetal mid palate. Has a good finish that seems to linger.
September 11, 2011 - Very pleasant wine. Lacks a certain structure to the body to truly make it a great wine.
October 29, 2010 - On initial pop a real vegetal funkiness over shadows the fruit.After about a half hour getting blueberry and vanilla on the nose.Mouth feel is very smooth and medium bodied. On the palate getting candy like blueberry, almost Nehi like, some vanilla, some oak and spice.
January 31, 2010 - One of the worst wines I've ever had... I'm on bottle three of six. God Bless my wife for buying half a case for Christmas of this debacle. If I give you this as a gift, it's likely b/c I don't like you.
January 1, 2010 - Nose of cedar, pepper, and dark fruit. Dark fruit with some wood and spice.
November 20, 2009 - peppery, went nicely with the spiciness of the asian, burst of flavor in the beginning and smooth later
May 3, 2009 - This was a nice fruit forward shiraz with lucious blueberry and cassis with a little oak that would mellow a bit more with a year or so of cellaring. Thought this was as good as the 2004 non reserve. Very smooth and enjoyable to drink, mated with vietnamese bun' with roasted and chopped pork covered with fish sauce and red peppers plus shriracha. Definitely better with food.