5/20/2024 - CWilliam wrote:

Dark red color. On nose, orange rind, black cherry and plum - sour cherry with 3+ hours of air only. Medium body, medium+ acidity, medium+ tannins and long finish. Palate consistent with nose ex. orange rind. Not as good as my last bottle although the last glass was the best - decant if drinking now. 92+/-

5/20/2024 - MLwine wrote:

This wine is definitely on the decline. Fruit is a little flabby at this point and doesn't stand up to the alcohol, so the wine is out of balance. Maybe it will come together with some air, but absolutely no reason to keep holding any bottles you have left.

5/20/2024 - henryfriendly wrote:

Just hideously flawed. Cloudy, rancid smell, incredibly stomach turning bitterness. Crazy.

5/19/2024 - wchrisw Likes this wine:

This note follows my previous notes. I definitely think it is time to drink up. Quite pleasant.

5/20/2024 - Brian Glas Likes this wine:

Tasted after 1 hour of air. Bright cherry fruit. Some cassis. Spice. Dusty tannin. Excellent balance. Very nice.

5/20/2024 - ocassiuso wrote:

Bottle 1325g. Moderately intense aromas of lime and oyster liquor. Dry, with moderate acidity, medium-bodied, 13% abv. Quiet on the palate. Salted lemon.

5/20/2024 - sebdallais@gmail.com Likes this wine:

Still lots of fruits, easy going medium light body, just enough subtle tannins & long finish
First of a case, definitely in the drinking window, don’t think it needs more time, at least with a few hours decant.
Will try pnp for the next

5/19/2024 - Rossodio Likes this wine:

Consistent.

I had a glass. Drunk over 2 nights.
Vvv

5/20/2024 - Bob23 Likes this wine:

Really delicious american syrah - great funk, deep fruit, solid body. discernibly American but without excess weight or flab.

5/20/2024 - biggie Likes this wine:

Root Day - Wine to lower end of neck in bottle. Cork sound with wine ingress 3/4 of the way to the top. Kudos to Black Hills for putting a proper length high quality cork in these bottles. Double decanted (into carafe and back into cleaned bottle) off about a tablespoon of wine and sediment. Some fine sediment and a couple of small hard sediment chunks. Wine has a translucent garnet core which extends out to a medium width edge that’s got some orange/browning colouring. Nose is glorious - blackcurrant, blackberry, some oak and vanilla, red flowers, forest floor and just the tiniest hint of leather. On the palate the fruit is there with a medium to heavy mouthfeel that’s ultra smooth and velvety. The flavours are mature with blackcurrent, leather, sou bois, tobacco and spice. The spice, tobacco and some dried black fruit continue into the long finish. Ultra classy and complex wine. This is fully mature and drinking perfectly right now. It could hold another 3 or so years but this to me is as good as it’s going to get.

5/20/2024 - SawgrassSteve Likes this wine:

Drinking on the PNP, noticing slight effervescence. I read where CO2 can be trapped in bottling and the wine begins to re-ferment. It has similar qualities as my last tasting, with a medium complexity and blue fruits. Very enjoyable and a medium long finish. Tasting some smoke along with the acidity you might expect in gigondas. I sense a Mourvèdre blend in the background. 🤔🍷

5/20/2024 - Eatmypixels Likes this wine:

10 years and can keep going. Fruit. Depth. Excellent. If you have any, you are so lucky

5/20/2024 - Burgundy Al wrote:

Ripe black fruit, aging softly and gracefully, fun from start-to-finish with good enough weight.

5/20/2024 - WST Likes this wine:

One of my CsOTY. Full-bodied, rich, layered and complex. Stunning

5/20/2024 - wabi47 Likes this wine:

solid everyday rose; strawberry, a bit soft, not trying to be a light red; i don't get candied notes; great with thai salad

5/20/2024 - guitarguy wrote:

I’d drink this soon. Flavors of chocolate, mineral blueberry and leather. Not much length to the finish. It’s fine but I’m not sure I’d let it hit 20

5/20/2024 - d'Artagnan wrote:

Joli nez de melon, lime, gingembre. Bouche assez grasse, fraîche, avec une rondeur crayeuse. C’est atypique, sans la tension des millésimes classiques, mais complet et délicieux. 92 pts

5/15/2024 - bestdamncab Likes this wine:

From a double magnum decanted into 4 750ml bottles. Nose of barnyard, damp earth, roasted coffee grounds, sweet and sour fruit, and floral aged Pinot Noir, same on the palate, very tasty, mouth filling fruit, age really helped here as the bouquet gave way to the palate with a long, long, lovely flavorful finish and aftertaste.

5/18/2024 - La Cave d'Argent Likes this wine:

Comprised of 100% Grenache that was fermented in stainless steel and subsequently aged for 12 months in concrete tanks, this light-to-medium garnet wine delivers a clean aromatic profile of red bramble fruits, orange zest, apricots, Provençal herbs, baking spices and black tea. Medium-bodied, fresh and with nicely integrated alcohol (despite being listed as 15.5%), it follows with flavors mirroring the nose, wrapping them with light sweet tannins. Solid on the mid-palate and concluding with good length, this is a thoroughly enjoyable Châteauneuf that represents tremendous value. Splash decantation and an hour of air in carafe is beneficial if you choose to pop the cork at this point. Drink now-2027.

5/17/2024 - bestdamncab Likes this wine:

Nose of blueberry, black cherry, plum, and spring flowers, same on the palate, medium body, almost medium/big body, tasty, smooth, easy to sip and savor, fruit forward, needs 2 years to peak, good acid, small amount of soft tannins on the medium/long finish, lovely aftertaste, great Costco price point, back label photo uploaded.

5/20/2024 - ocassiuso Likes this wine:

Bottle 1315g. Aromas of moderate intensity: citrus, apricot. Dry, with moderate to elevated prickly acidity, medium-bodied, 13% abv. Flavors of diminished to moderate intensity, lime, citrus pith, saline finish. Another subtle rather than expressive wine from this producer, but with a bit more fresh acidity. One of five lieu-dits tasted.

5/20/2024 - Dave and Mo Cellar wrote:

This wine is drinking remarkably well. Tannins have softened. Wonderful representation of a top flight Sonoma Cab with a very smooth finish. Drank over the course of a few hours. Wish I had more. Could wait a year or two but probably near the prime window.

5/20/2024 - bestdamncab Likes this wine:

Enjoyed over 3 nights, big, big, big, bold, over the top JACKAS VINEYARD ZINFANDEL, LOTS OF FRUIT, LOTS OF HEAT, LOTS OF EVERYTHING. Needs 10 years to peak.

5/20/2024 - G_Talbot Likes this wine:

Very Good.
Medium purple in the glass.
On the nose, medium (+) nose of dark cherry and boysenberry, backed up by baking spice.
On the palate, medium (+) acid, medium fine tannin, high alcohol (14%, but could be higher), medium body, medium (+) flavour intensity, with cherry, boysenberry coulis, cinnamon, even notes of cola. Medium (+) evolving length.
Definitely modern Australian grenache, with a freshness restained despite the alcohol level. Balance is there, as is intensity, which combined with a degree of complexity and a decent length make for a very good wine.
Screwcap.

5/20/2024 - Magnum PI Likes this wine:

First time drinking this bottle in any vintage. Drank undecanted over two hours with tacos. Soft, balanced, no detectable tannin, clearly mature but not faded, in a good spot in my opinion. Very herbaceous, plum, slight wood, a bit of stone, peppercorn. $11. Kind of a wow.

5/20/2024 - Frijole wrote:

light gold, lots of clarity, silvery hue
Nose: peach, melon, lemon rind, seashell, crushed rocks, ash, smoke, minerals, musk, touch oak
Pal: peach, melon, lime rind, touch tangerine, wax, seashell, thyme, crushed rocks, ash, smoke, minerals, touch oak
Feel: medium, savory, acidic, touch acidic
Finish: medium
T9

5/20/2024 - 560 B&W wrote:

Definitely not my thing. Finished quite flat with some bitterness in the mid palate.

5/20/2024 - EMTAME wrote:

Very nice and fully mature, but got a bit lost in the company of a 2013 Carter ‘Three Kings’ To Kalon cab and a 2009 Shafer Hillside Select.

5/20/2024 - bikrchikk Does not like this wine:

Opened bottle about 5 hours before aerating. Had way too much bite. Mixed with Sprite as a spritzer and was better. Will try tomorrow; hopefully it lightens up.

5/20/2024 - bradfriedlander Likes this wine:

Excellent wine! Still has life in the cellar. Deep extraction. Great food wine. The bottle barely lasted through dinner.

5/20/2024 - Zinlady Likes this wine:

Nice balanced wine. Good match to chocolate

5/20/2024 - After4ever Likes this wine:

Easily worth repeats at the price. Balanced acidity and plenty of character

5/20/2024 - stbraunt Likes this wine:

Bold flavor for an Oregon Pinot. A little bit of spice in there and a very robust finish.

5/20/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:

Ruby throughout. Complex aromas of mixed fruit, smoke, and blood right out of the bottle with some light green herbs as well. Medium bodied, very elegant feel that was more Burgundian than the Grand Cru Burgundy alongside it. Fluid, sensuous feel with a great mix of blackberry, citrus peel, outstanding acidity, and a strong soil core. We all agreed that this was the wine of the night, and it was much more vibrant and balanced than one I had in late 2022. Outstanding mature Syrah.

5/20/2024 - G_Talbot wrote:

Pours medium onion-skin in the glass
Medium + intensity nose in the red fruit spectrum, cranberry, cherry, all spice, hint of barnyard???
On the palate, medium (+) acid, rounded red fruit, just ripe strawberry, red cherry, blood orange, a hint medicinal, medium (+) body for rose, medium (-) alcohol, but shows warmer, medium length.
I am not sure if its down to time under Coravin, but this is 'only' very good. Balance is there, and there is complexity, but the length is a little lacking and the intensity, which the colour would suggest is elevated, is a little muted.
Composite cork.

5/20/2024 - Scottwhipp Likes this wine:

Quite tasty cherry raspberry fruit on the palate with notes of tomato leaf and herbs, followed by bright uplifting acidity on the mid and back palate followed by dusty fined grained tannins on the finish. A very nice Sangiovese indeed. Just what I was hoping for. Paired nicely with pasta primavera with asparagus and peas.

5/20/2024 - ramclain Likes this wine:

Wonderful with a cranberry roast. Notes of blended fruit

5/20/2024 - Somm Good Wine wrote:

DOA

5/20/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:

Unevolved deep ruby. Lots of oak, black and dark red fruit aromas. Densely fruited, obvious wood, and ripe tannins. Large scaled Charmes. This remained one dimensional and did not loosen or gain much complexity with several hours of air.

5/20/2024 - CGWIND Likes this wine:

Very promising. Good fruit and structure. Finished a couple nights later and very delicious

5/20/2024 - englishman's claret wrote:

badly corked half

5/20/2024 - Francophile1 Likes this wine:

Losing its fruit and very earthy. English black tea, cranberry, touch of leather. Good, but not great.

5/20/2024 - kmicho Likes this wine:

A very smooth, if nondescript, Rosé of Pinot Noir. Goes with almost any lighter meal. Could not hold it’s own against anything spicy, but it’s a smooth, very easy drinking patio pounder sort of rosé. Nothing not to like. Good QPR.

5/20/2024 - Floral Likes this wine:

Probably WOTN? 91-92?

Rich, unfolding, complex.

Aromatically intense: jam and savor, but not heavy or hot.

More fruit in the mouth.

Moderate + acidity. Long finish.

Tragically the last vintage made that I can tell...:(

5/20/2024 - swillpower wrote:

This one is hitting just right currently. Beautiful Grenache fruit leads the pack. Far too easy to drink. Lots of delicious herbal notes along for the ride. Would buy again.

5/20/2024 - Cote d'Or wrote:

Tasted over 3 hrs
-nearly semi-translucent med red/purple mild bricking
-red apple peel
-med+/high acidity carries throughout to a rough finish with med- tannins and mostly drowns out the little bit of faded chalky raspberry red fruit
-really needed to be drunk young when the primary fruit could provide some buffer to the acidity

5/20/2024 - drwine2001 wrote:

Full yellow. Forward scents of ripe yellow peach, petrol, and ginger. Full bodied and glycerine without heaviness. Off dry rather than overtly sweet. Fresh fruit, excellent depth and length, but somewhat soft and wanting more acidity and cut. Amazingly sturdy but short of being great. I had a similar impression the one other time I tasted this in 2013.

5/21/2024 - G_Talbot Likes this wine:

Outstanding.
Medium (-) onion skin to orange.
Medium nose of orange rind and mandarin, and rosehip.
On the palate high acidity, medium body, medium alcohol, pronounced flavour intensity of orange, cranberry, rose, with air a hint of caramel.
This is an outstanding rose with impeccable balance, medium + length, pronounced intensity, particularly on the palate and medium + complexity.
Ideal with food, as a more structured alternative to higher acid white wines.
Screwcap.

5/20/2024 - Wineio Likes this wine:

Very nice nose. Enough tannins to go nicely with beef. Dark fruit flavors. Time to drink.

5/20/2024 - nschmidt Does not like this wine:

Too much tannin and not enough fruit and I like tannic wines.