April 14, 2023 - Decanted for a wonderful experience. Deep red color, soft cherry nose. Robust yet smooth, mellow tannins for just the right, full mouth feel. Dark cherry and minerality palette. Yes, I wish I had more!
September 3, 2021 - No formal note, this is very rhone like.
Served blind, i would be hard pressed to pick it different.
Stelvin capsule, excellent fill level
Fine sediment, sieving recommended
Deep ruby, beautiful balance between elegance and ripeness.
Drink or hold, there is no rush here.
Enjoy to 2030 easily.
June 7, 2020 - This wine is shining right now. I wish I had 6 more. It's balanced and complex, with the typical strawberry-forward flavors now complemented with darker fruits, a hint of smoke, and shake or two of pepper.
February 24, 2019 - Still going strong. Warm, complex, spicy.
June 30, 2018 - Stelvin closure
No formal note. The first american wine to impress ms. Browne.
Surprised at how rhone-like this wine was, though garrigue was replaced by a faint eucalyptus note to my palate. But comparisons are pointlessly if only to dispel the notion of overripe fruitiness. It’s a very enjoyable, balanced rhone blend wine. The raspberry and savoury characters finished with decent length and overall i was left with the impression of a wine entering its maturity plateau.
Drink now or hold until 2025
14%abv
December 4, 2016 - Leather, spices, meat. But shorter than expected.
November 25, 2016 - Complex nose showing earthy notes, chocolate and leather notes. Medium to full bodied, very smooth and aromatic, delivering flavors likewise the nose and some fruit still hanging one but the tertiary flavors are in the fore. Drinking beautifully now with some years ahead but no reason to keep it for very long.
June 4, 2016 - A warm and complex wine. One friend detected a note of sassafras among the spices on the nose.
May 10, 2016 - Still going string this wine, it was even better the 2nd day
October 15, 2015 - Time is on this wine’s side, as it s holding its own very well. A sensual nose of leather, bramble, earth, & cigar box, this is very old world in style. Med-full on the palate; everything is in harmony at this point.