4/18/2023 - bwr wrote:

Orange in color with peach and apricot aromas with coating mouthfeel of peach and honey. Acid balances the long finish.

12/20/2022 - bwr wrote:

Soft, typical "rocks" bouquet with dark fruit flavors and soft tannins on finish. Drank over two days and consistent.

5/9/2020 - bwr wrote:

First day: deep ruby color, tobacco and leather predominate with tanins on finish; day two: deep ruby color, anise/ouzo and dark fruits nose with dark cherry taste and soft but noticeable tannins on finish. Solid cork; no leakage.

5/3/2020 - bwr Likes this wine:

Nice, fruity, complex nose and flavors of berry, meat, and sage with tannins still present.

3/20/2020 - bwr Likes this wine:

Excellent! Dark ruby, almost black color with berry, leather notes and soft, smooth tannins.

2/24/2020 - bwr Likes this wine:

not usually a pinot noir fan but this had a cherry/black berry nose and taste with minimal tannins that I liked.

2/24/2020 - bwr Likes this wine:

deep purple color with leather, tobacco, dark fruit on the nose and long, balanced sweet finish.

2/24/2020 - bwr Likes this wine:

The wine looks purple colored. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like cedar, tobacco, leather and black currant (cassis). It tastes like black currant (cassis). The body is medium. The wine finishes medium with surprisingly upfront tannins. The wine has low acidity.

9/23/2019 - bwr wrote:

berry, soft tannins, ready to drink

8/12/2019 - bwr wrote:

Nice fruit of black berry, some earth, and soft tannins.

8/12/2019 - bwr wrote:

Typical Bordeaux slight barnyard, tobacco, dark fruits, anise with moderate tannins yet

8/9/2019 - bwr Likes this wine:

A somewhat weak bouquet of black fruits and earth with rather strong tannins that did soften over 2-3 hours of drinking. A very nice wine but maybe better balanced in 1-3 years.

2/29/2012 - bwr wrote:

Medicinal, smokey nose; current/chocolate tastes with tannins/acid finish when first opened

12/18/2011 - bwr wrote:

Off nose and flavors; all that remains is the tannin. Not corked and the cork was in good shape. I'll wait a day but don't see how time will help.

8/18/2008 - bwr wrote:

nose filling plum/prune with honey, raison, caramel flavors and a thick, viscous mouth feel

8/18/2008 - bwr wrote:

wonderful blackberry, leather, pencil lead flavors with full fruit nose and no tannins

8/18/2008 - bwr wrote:

barnyard notes soften over an hour with cedar, tobacco, earthy flavors and well intergrated tannins

8/18/2008 - bwr wrote:

very nice fruit, berry,cedar flavors with soft tannins

5/27/2008 - bwr wrote:

wonderful! one can't sense the 16%alcohol but the smoky, earthy nose with blackberry, tobacco, sweetish tastes and long finish is just plain great to drink!

3/15/2008 - bwr wrote:

very nice fruit, chocolate, smokey nose with deep red color and meaty, chocolate, berry flavors with substantial tannins

3/15/2008 - bwr wrote:

(a syrah port) vanilla-rootbeer float, wet earth, tobacco nose; tobacco, marionberry pie, cotton candy flavors with a long finish and still some tannins.

3/11/2008 - bwr wrote:

nice dark red, garnet color; unusual pinot like nose of cherry, leather, slight rasperry; cherry, gamy flavors with rapidly softening tannins and long finish.

3/9/2008 - bwr wrote:

clear, dark amber color; spearmint, orange/citrus nose; honey, apricot, honeysuckle flavor with a 2 minute finish and nice acid balance. My wife noted fall-leaf, earthy notes.

3/6/2008 - bwr wrote:

berry, earth, meat, nose; spice, berry, gamy flavors with significant tannins; nice Bordeaux like in taste without the barnyard

3/5/2008 - bwr wrote:

nice cherry nose; raspberry-cherry flavors with nice soft tannins and acidity; I'm not into pinot noir but enjoy this one

3/2/2008 - bwr wrote:

crisp, almost austere citrus nose; pineapple/citrus flavor with nice acid and long finish

3/2/2008 - bwr wrote:

cedar, medicine, leather, berry on the nose; tobacco, mineral, berry, ?oak/cotton candy flavors with a little tannin backbone left.

3/1/2008 - bwr wrote:

earthy, gamey, meat, barnyard notes on the nose; blackberry, smokey flavors with long finish but still with upfront tannins; a bit alcoholic on the nose; seems rather bordeaux like now

3/1/2008 - bwr wrote:

slight earthy, meaty, barnyard nose with some alcohol, gamey, smokey, berry flavors with tannins still present, long finish that tannins overpower

2/25/2008 - bwr wrote:

Dark, red color. Smokey, berry flavors with a cherry note. Not hot even though the alcohol level is 15%. Soft tannins.

2/25/2008 - bwr wrote:

red color, great wine, nice tannins that are smooth and integrated.

2/25/2008 - bwr wrote:

Drinking very nicely now. Smoke and tobacco, anise, berries on the nose. Sweet tannins and long finish.

12/25/2007 - bwr wrote:

nice yeasty, apple, creamy notes and flavors

12/25/2007 - bwr wrote:

very heavy prunes on the nose but the raisin/tobacco comes out in the flavor, viscous, soft mouth feel

12/25/2007 - bwr wrote:

very nice wine-plum, chocolate nose with berries, vanilla, leather notes and smooth long finish

12/25/2007 - bwr wrote:

weak nose if any, mild grape/plum flavor with no finish

12/24/2007 - bwr wrote:

seemed adequate but somewhat uninteresting maybe over the hill

12/24/2007 - bwr wrote:

I liked this wine's woody, oaky nose and star anise/pink peppercorn flavor with some tannin bite

12/24/2007 - bwr wrote:

Had to try it; wonderful nose of berries, but great flavors of berry, vanilla/cotton candy with a long finish of 2 minutes

12/24/2007 - bwr wrote:

nice nose of the bordeaux style with fresh berry, vanilla flavors, minimal tannins

12/24/2007 - bwr wrote:

Intially very off, not corked, nose that dissipated over an hour but left somewhat a barnyard note with little else; the flavor of meat, coco and harsh tannins was not that pleasing I assume a bad bottle

12/21/2007 - bwr wrote:

deep red/garnet color; cherry, fruity nose with ?violets; full rich berry, with slight tobacco/vanilla palate notes with a long finish with soft tannins nicely balanced; maybe a slight alcohol note to the nose

12/10/2007 - bwr wrote:

very impressive with soft tannins, lots of fruit, full mouth feel, and complex meaty,tobacco nose

12/9/2007 - bwr wrote:

very nice chocolate, berry flavors still with some tannins left smoother a day after opening

12/9/2007 - bwr wrote:

apricot/pineapple nose with initially caramel/ butterscotch notes, very nice mouthfeel with honey fruit flavors with long finish and balanced acidity

12/7/2007 - bwr wrote:

white pepper, smokey meat nose with some fruit taste but green, white pepper taste and long finish with some tannins left. garnet in color.

12/5/2007 - bwr wrote:

nice bottle of wine, vanilla/alcohol nose with berry/fruit flavor but tannins still upfront

12/2/2007 - bwr wrote:

typical barnyard nose but not overwhelming, some fruit with chocolate, meaty, prune flavors. very long finish, soft tannins

12/2/2007 - bwr wrote:

cherry on the nose, nice fruit and violet flavors. Some tannins left.

10/17/2007 - bwr wrote:

smokey, fruity, obvious oaky but sweet, vanilla nose, tannic finish so could soften if let lay down for a year or two.