7/7/2007 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Suprisingly full wine with cherry plum pepper and a hint of tobaco.Very nice grill wine for summer

2/25/2007 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Drank on cruise with Janet.Too much conversation going around to really appreciate but I thought the finish was shorter than I had anticipated but ovrall it was a nice du-Pape

12/10/2006 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Last of the case.It's time had come.opened with Janet at the Bay Cafe'It had tasted much better in the past but we enjoyed it with Lamb and Grouper still some fruit left but no longer complex nor bright

11/21/2006 - stargazer1995 wrote:

drank with Ron and Jennifer very nice for the price had a very nice mouth feel and a lovely color bubbles were a little larger than I remembered

11/19/2006 - stargazer1995 wrote:

light even for a nouveau but they both went down quickly and the quaffing party tradition is alive for one more year

9/14/2006 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Opened with Ron and Jennifer.Wine was crisp with a hint of apple seemed a little thinner than I expected

9/14/2006 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Opened with Ron and Jennifer. Absolutely fantastic wine Ron said"best Zin he had had. Soft and supple all tannin was gone perfect timing. Black Purple color jammy big complex fruit ranging from rasberries through the full spectrum of red and black fruits very long finish 45 seconds with 17.1% alchol and you never felt it.very well structured wine that held up even under less than ideal storage

9/14/2006 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Opened with Ron and Jennifer great wine this bottle might have still suffereed from a little bottle shock from being carried back on the plane but it was excellant.Soft mouth feel with bright cherry

7/12/2006 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Drank this bottle at Michael's rehersal dinner and imediately went back and bought the last 2 and scheduled a tasting at the winery also had an Evenstad reserve the same night and it easily topped it by everones standards at the table.Big black cherry up front but it then evolved to a very soft mouth coating feel,very supple tannins and an overall wonderful wine.

2/19/2006 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Drunk with Pete and Janet.Wonderful wine velvety opened up as we drank chocolate cedar tobacco black cherry

1/22/2006 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Drank this wine with Dee Ann and Dan.This bottle was probably at the end of its drinkable life .It was not as vibrant as when I first tasted it.Grapefruit was very subdued and the peach and apricot I remembered were gone

1/21/2006 - stargazer1995 wrote:

very nice appertiff wine black cherry and a hint of bacon fat not a long finnish but very drinkable

12/25/2005 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Had with Christmas dinner prime rib and garlic mashed potatoes with rosemary.It was time to drink this wine another year would have been over the top.Very good color almost ruby red,nose was bright with cherry and a hint of tobaco and cedar.Nice fruit very clean tannin was at a minimum plack cherry ,plum and a trace of berry and a hint of spice. Medium lenghth finish with an off taste for a second near the end.This wine was no better an hour latter but was a very nice overall experience enhanced by the meal and the lovely chef,Janet.

12/25/2005 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Light tannin at first, much better with meal. Cherry, clean, a little barnyard on the nose. Janet thought a little thin. Long finish, drank too early, will be looking to purchase a case.

12/25/2005 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Shared with friends. Light, clean, cherry, very little spice, somewhat thin but very nice non-food wine.

12/25/2005 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Drank while opening Christmas presents. tiny bubbles, sparkled as much as Janet's new ring. Finished by 10 a.m.

12/8/2005 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Past its prime but still wonderful. Full bodied......great fruit. Nose a bit off, but not taste. Got better the longer it was opened.

12/4/2005 - stargazer1995 wrote:

This one fell through the cracks..Found when we went on celartracker. Nose execptional, color a little oxidized...past straw, into amber. Well structured to be this drinkable past it's life. Sorry I missed it. Hopefully this will not happen again. Bitter after taste, like peach pit, on the finish.

11/28/2005 - stargazer1995 wrote:

What a disappointment. Kept it too long. Ended up as cooking wine.

11/3/2005 - stargazer1995 wrote:

Light fruity peppery black cherry slightly sour Winemaker from Panther Creek first vintage from the winemakers own vineyard