2/21/2024 - rdsboca wrote:

I likes this wine. A bit a single note. Decent fruit but not overly complex. We visited there around 2015 and I got a three pack. This is the first of those wines. I will drink them up. Good but not memorable.

2/20/2024 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

This is in the perfect place for me. Red raspberry, cherry and strawberry with a tight knit mouthfeel.

2/18/2024 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

This was one of the best Schraders I have ever had. It had a unique black fruit profile that I could quite get my arms around but I kept reaching fo the glass for more. still young but man I could drink this any time.

2/18/2024 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

I found this a bit more feminine in style than I remember from this Pritchard Hill site. Red cherry fruit. someone single toned in its profile. Like it but didn't love it for the price.

2/18/2024 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Tannins were well integrated. Got better after an hour in decanter. Earthy tones and dark red cherry fruit with a touch of earth. Yummy. May not get better with time but damn good now.

9/5/2023 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

This was my first experience with this wine and I thought it was a great bottle. Extremely well integrated and multi-layered yellow fruit with a distinct sense of terroir.

9/5/2023 - rdsboca wrote:

This was a bit too new world style for me. It is a bit heavy handed in alcohol and black fruit profile. I have a few left and plan to drink them up.

9/5/2023 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Black raspberry fruit dominated the palate. If you like big Cali pinot bombs, this will be your thing. It was fun to drink but I would call it more muscular than finessed. It may have more time in the bottle but why wait. Not sure if it will improve.

9/5/2023 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

I coravined this wine for a few days and it was still pretty tight and structured. Then, opened the rest at a BBQ and it began to open up. Last few glasses were the day after and it was singing. The last glass I would rate a 96 with well integrated black and blue fruits. Note to self. Decant this for multiple hours next time.

9/3/2023 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

I thought this wine was in a really good place. Fruit was big, which one expect but not overly cloying. The baby fat has come off. Drink the rest over next few years, Pared great with smoked short ribs.

2/11/2023 - rdsboca wrote:

Still very young but has a great sense of forest floor and red fruit. I will try next bottle in 5 years.

1/21/2023 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

This wine is still very young. Powefrul pure black fruit. Really well structured. Nor for the faint hearted. Fun wine.

10/20/2022 - rdsboca wrote:

Grossman gets one

10/20/2022 - rdsboca wrote:

Sheinberg gets one

12/9/2021 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

I really ike this wine. It has lost some of it's baby fat and the Cayuse typical funk was gone. The wine exhibit great acidity and minerality. Had a great red fruit profile and still could go another 10 years.

11/20/2021 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

This wine is in a great place. Nice red fruit, silky tannins and softish mouthfeel. It was popped and poured but opened up in the glass after an hour. I think a short decant would have been smart. Unfortunately my last bottle but would seek it out to backfill my cellear.

12/27/2019 - rdsboca wrote:

It’s alive!!

1/29/2016 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

still totally alive with a brown sugar nose and sweet cheery fruit beneath. Love the old school label.

1/29/2016 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

alive and well. Had it all. Last bottle must have been a storage issue.

3/12/2015 - rdsboca wrote:

Andy Cohen

3/12/2015 - rdsboca wrote:

Andy Cohen

2/21/2015 - rdsboca Does not like this wine:

The spritz was back!

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Nice old Sauternes. Not overly complex but had nice marmalade and honey suckle profile. Very pleasant.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Enough of the Montrose already. This wine is singing and brought me back to great plum and black cherry fruit which my palate needed after 11 vintages of Montrose. Great call on Ira's part!!! Winner winner chicken dinner.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca wrote:

Tight as a drum but started to open up after a few hours. Time will tell if this will rival the 2009. Fruit is there but too much structure for now. Maybe time will mellow it out.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Does not like this wine:

Second worse wine of the night. Very astringent. Overwhelming soy/saline quality. Thought I was drinking from the sea. Bleh.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Too young to truly evaluate. Has a bright future. I think it is in a dumb stage. Best promise of the young Montroses in the lineup.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

We killed a baby. Will be better in a decade. A bit over oaked right now which overwhelmed really beautiful fruit. Amazing structure. Too hard to judge right now.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca wrote:

I am hoping this was just a bad bottle. It was sucky and disjointed. Super astringent. Poured down the drain. Need a mouth rinse to get it out of my thoughts. Yuck! Worst wine of the night. It may be my lowest scored wine of the year. 70 points

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Does not like this wine:

Coffee on nose. Medicinal. Not ready for prime time. Let it sleep and try again in 10 years.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca wrote:

This was the most approachable and a crowd favorite. Drinking nicely now but may not age as well as the 1990. Dark sherry fruit, ample oak and sweet tannins. Not silky but damn easy to drink.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

From magnum: sexy, fleshy with well integrated tannins. Yummy red cherry fruit. Great finish. While this wine is drinking well now with air, it will last another 20 years.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Drinking very young. Barnyardy nose blew off after a while. While mine was gone quickly, others kept it around and it faded quickly over course of night. Dark red cherry in classic BDX style.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Muted nose. A bit jolly rancher-like tart cherry. Somewhat monolithic.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Great nose of cassis and forest floor. Good earthy character. A bit metallic on entry. Some tart cherry at first but this wine really evolved in glass.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Does not like this wine:

Ok, not memorable. Watery rose water. Not distinctive or interesting.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Does not like this wine:

Muted nose, flat, some fruit. Ordinary.

12/30/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Great tropical fruit. Well integrated. Orange blossom, lemon peel, some mango. No apparent heat.

12/11/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

GREAT YOUNG JUICE

12/9/2014 - rdsboca wrote:

Forgive me Father for I have sinned. I popped one of these puppies on the day I arrived. Couldn't keep my paws off and I wasn't disappointed. Great red and black cherry fruit with nice complexity and a touch of vanilla in the mid-palate. Awesome effort and will be a long-term ager.

11/30/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

much better than last bottle. Full throttle Zin but more integrated and less hot than last bottle. Berms to be coming together.

11/29/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

adore this wine. Well balanced, laser focused. Multi layered blue and black fruit. Nmemorable.

11/26/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Looks like I won the lottery with a bottle without any issues. It is a bit rustic but I am enjoying it. Somewhat restrained dark red fruit with great structure. Either I have a high tolerance for Brett or this bottle is unscathed.

11/19/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Blueberry and black cherry fruit. So easy to drink. Smooth and silky. Very approachable now but will make it in the long run.

11/20/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

A speechless beauty. So rich and voluptuous. Great laser focused fruit. Syrah fruit profile without being overly funky. My first 100 point wine of the year.

11/19/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Oh my lord. We killed a baby in the name of the future. Rich huge black cherry. This has so much promise.

11/19/2014 - rdsboca wrote:

Somewhat green and vegetal. Tart and disjointed. Not in harmony. Extracted fruit. Doesn't have the symmetry that I love in Maya

11/20/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Great mouthfeel. Sweet entry, nice complexity. Red cherry with a hint of raspberry. Feminine.

11/19/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Regal. Ridiculously yummy. Awesome red cherry fruit, so well balanced.

11/19/2014 - rdsboca Likes this wine:

Gorgeous wine. Great tropical nose with mostly lemon curd, lemon and marmalade. Some buttery profile in mid palate but not in the way. Not too much oak. An elegant glass of chard.