Strawberry, kiwi, guava and a spicy refreshing note. Enjoyed this for the energy it showed.

Was bottled under twist just 2 days ago. This is the essence of mandarin orange for me. It's infused with this flavor. Aromas of citrus blossom and what I thought was a smoky note (although not the toasted kind that I dislike in chardonnay, it's not that note). Same smoky note in the palate with big lime skin, delicious and spicy. This reminds me some of the better chenins I enjoy, like Huet. Really good stuff, a wine I will order.

Each time I have this varietal by Larry, I really dig it. I believe like a handful of whites that he showed us last night, this one was recently bottled in the past few days. This vintage shows juicy peach, lime and stone fruit. What really grabbed my attention was the peppery finish, what Counselor Mon-deuce seated across from me at the tabled, he referred to it as "white pepper". This was spot on. What a great bottle of wine, with the stone fruits and that zing of spice in the finish. Another wine I will purchase.

Smells like an Alsace. A good brushing aromatically of petrol/diesel. A core of melon fruit, too.

Similar to the 2009 with the diesel/petrol note, although lighter in aromatic volume than the 2009. I find more citrus and acidity here compared to the 2009, with the melon notes leaner and more focused, too. Acidity is very present. Shows the signature of the vintage.

Shows the same aromatic consistency from the 2009 and 2011, with the diesel/petrol note. Shading of lemon, the same depth of melon found in the other two vintages and the a guava-like note. I wrote "pure" in my notes, to convey a balance and clean sensation. Like with a lot of Larry's wines last night, there is a spicy note in the finish, this one anise-like for me.

There is a distinct spice to this wine, that goes alongside the aromatics of peach and nectarine. That spicy quality is most evident in the finish, where I also found a sour apple/sour peach note.

This wine was just bottles under twist just a few days prior, if my notes are accurate from what Larry told us. And of all the whites we had last night, this one was the tightest, had the most evident structure, too. Spicy like the 2010, but this version has more tropical notes, what I wrote down in my tasting book as "green tropical". Will need time to of course come together.

Larry explained to the group that this was the first wine he had made under his new label, way back almost 10 years ago. Having very little of it around, he kindly brought it to the dinner to share with us. I enjoy these kinds of moments in my wine universe, as it's these where you can have that window into a person that is unique, special. This wine smelled riper styled to me (sans any heat that I could tell), and even with that, I also scribbled into my notes the sense of some 2ndary aromatics, too...they're just beginning to emerge. Dark cherry which for me felt even like a syrupy impression, then finishing with charcoal and in my view ready to drink. Thank you again, Larry, for sharing this history with us.

Tasted next to the 2006. As much as that 2006 has the bedrock of Larry's first work inside that bottle, the 2011 for me just really showed best. Of all the wines last night on the table, this was the star for me. Aromatically was just bitchen, with green tobacco leaf, spice and smoke. Then the fruit reflecting cedar, dark cherry, leather, black cherry and a juicy, tarry finish that felt very youthful and balanced. Reminded me a lot of Bordeaux, too. Easily my WOTN and a wine I will buy for sure, several actually to enjoy over time. Bravo.

I don't think this wine is even yet released, so added to the database. Spent 34 months in old oak. Perfumey, dried flower, spicy and a concentrated black and red fruit profile, which to me exhibited also aspect of hard cherry candy. Charcoal, bitter chocolate (just a brushing). Also sensing what I call "hot rocks" (which sounds pretentious as I suppose who would eat or know what hot rocks taste like) so I guess in better terms would be to somehow think about minerality that is charred with a red, spicy note.

Like the 201 Larner Grenache poured next to it, this also spent 34 months in old oak. I find this Camp 4 to be perceptually richer, too. Just feels broader on the palate and the alc seems a bit more elevated also, but not boozy to the degree I would call it heat or fumey. Just think bigger in tone overall than the Larner. It shows an additional aspect of garrigue and brush, that I didn't find in the Larner.

Both syrahs I tasted, which was this one and the 2010 Larner poured alongside, they were larger in frame then I seem to drink in syrah these days. However, I will say squarely that I did not find heart I either wine. This to me is an important call out, as it's easy to equate darkness and density with booze. This White Hawk showed as spicy, with density, bitter chocolate and lots of iron. Black and red fruit, too. This would be a good syrah for those who want to drink in the syrah value spectrum, yet not get clubbed over the head with big alc and yet get a nice mix of black and red fruit.

This vintage was not yet in the database so I had to add it. Not sure if the wine is unreleased at this time but that would be my guess. I found this wine to be tangier than the 2012 White Hawk which was poured next to it. I also found it to be brighter, with the red fruit as present or moreso than the black. Citrus peel, cherry skin but like the White Hawk, showed a similar palate density. I preferred this wine over that one too, as it drinks more like syrah that I enjoy these days.

This is a late harvest style wine, although the database title here that I chose to use would not paint that distinction. There is about 4% RS in this wine, with an alc level around 13%. I don't care much for sweet wines anymore, not do I get enamored by high scoring expensive ones--I simply don't enjoy the sweetness, the density and heavier side of them. This one here, it doesn't come off like that type of late harvest. Apricot, grapefruit, peach and guava, with a touch of sweetness but yet refreshing. If I was to drink late harvest, this is where I would spend my time and money.