2007 Relativity Vineyards Quantum Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 87.9 points

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  12/30/2012 - thelinebreak wrote: 87 Points

  I went looking for images of this wine, but there’s not much out there, and there’s not much written about, either. It is a blended red wine. It is 15.4% alcohol, which is a lot. I found someone who claims the blend is:
  
  "zinfandel, petite syrah, syrah, charbono, gamay, cab, and malbec, selected from excess bulk wines provided by some more well-known and unnamed vineyards." (http://spiritofwine.blogspot.com/2010/04/relativity-vineyards-quantum-reserve.html).
  
  [I added the image of the cork and bottle to this site.]
  
  The label is hard to make out. But the in embossed in black near the label’s top, it reads “E=MC2“. Below that in red, it reads “RELATIVITY VINEYARDS”. And in the red band, it reads “Quantum Reserve”.
  
  The back of the label indicates the wine is from Saint Helena, California.
  
  E=MC^2 Quantum Reserve has dark cherry color. It’s about 85-90% opaque.
  
  It’s nose is delicious. There’s vanilla, plums, raspberries, dark cherries, black currants, and a hint of strawberries. I think it going to be jammy.
  
  It’s oddly salty, especially on the finish. That’s weird. I’ve never experienced that before. I wonder if Saint Helena is near the ocean. (I just checked. It’s about 60 miles inland. I doubt salty ocean breezes travel that far.)
  
  I pick up cantaloupe on the taste and maybe a hint of chocolate and a hint of raspberry jam. It’s hard to pick up much. This would be a really good wine if it wasn’t salty. It’s less salty each sip, but it is still noticeable . . . noticeable on the finish but not in the mouth. I think the salt is some how related to the Malbec. There’s also cherry Kool-Aid on the finish.
  
  What a weird wine.
  
  I’m going to give this 87 points. Without the salt it could be an 89, but it’s difficult to be sure.
  
  I definitely over paid for this one.
  
  And now for a haiku I wrote earlier this year:
  
  Einstein's Haiku
  (For Melissa)
  
  Everything I do
  Means I want to love you squared –
  Come with me and prove
  
  To learn more about the cool things going on in that haiku, go here: https://thelinebreak.wordpress.com/2012/04/06/einsteins-haiku.
  
  For a complete review, go here: http://thelinebreak.wordpress.com/2012/12/30/in-pursuit-of-the-juiciest-wine-day-126-emc2-quantum-reserve-relativity-vineyards-2007/
  or here: http://bit.ly/TW52xI

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  5/4/2012 - la dut wrote: 86 Points

  Solvent and alcohol on the nose (not a surprise given it's 15.4% ABV), but there is enticing vanilla, dusty cocoa, sweet cinnamon, blackcurrant, and jam.
  
  Medium to full-bodied with drinkable tannins, moderate acidity, mesquite, and more jam. Definitely hot, so drinking this on the cooler side is not a bad idea. A disappointing midpalate and finish.

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  3/18/2012 - Fredhsu wrote: 89 Points

  Very smooth. I liked it. This is not first time I have a wine like this where when let sit in the mouth a slightly salty taste starts to develop in the middle of the tongue and wine in that region seems to congeal, developing a jello-like texture.

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  11/4/2011 - David_T wrote: 85 Points

  Nose and palate of mocha, blackberry and plums. A bit hot/jammy & lacking tannins, but it has good concentration & pure flavors. Drink now.

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  5/27/2011 - Adventr.us wrote: 88 Points

  Gift bottle. Not sure from who, or I'd thank them again. Pleasant, jammy, with moderately soft tannins; fine for sipping on the front porch; assume it will work well with some burgers.

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