4/11/2024 - marcp Likes this wine:

Medium-full bodied, balanced tannins and acidity. Dark fruit - plums, blackberries, with aromas of licorice, grilled meat and earth. Drank well over a few days - likely to hold well for a few more years.

4/8/2024 - marcp Likes this wine:

Straw colored, full bodied, low-medium acidity, tastes a little off dry. Baked apple, pear, blanched almonds, floral, and a little bitter on the finish to keep it interesting. Brilliant with a crab & Alfredo pizza, decent with pork tenderloin on the second night. Could probably hold a couple more years, but in a good place now.

4/6/2024 - marcp Likes this wine:

Stewed strawberries and raspberries, grilled meat, black pepper. Full bodied, medium acidity and soft tannins.

4/1/2024 - marcp Likes this wine:

Medium bodied, dry, crisp acidity, layers of apple, pear, chalk and oyster shell.

3/29/2024 - marcp Likes this wine:

Darker garnet color, fruit forward, dry, smooth tannins, moderate acidity. Black cherry, cola, vanilla and a bit of cedar. Probably nearing the end of its life before it starts fading. Decent value.

3/20/2024 - marcp Likes this wine:

Quite interesting. Drank over two days. Balanced with medium body, acidity and tannins. Fruits lean to cranberry and sour cherry; comes across as quite tart. A hit of barnyard funk that faded on day 2. Herbal notes and some tar. If not for the tart fruit profile, I would rate this higher.

3/14/2024 - marcp wrote:

High acidity, light bodied. Citrus, some herbs and mineral finish. Simple wine, like a lighter muscadet.

2/5/2024 - marcp Likes this wine:

Lighter bodied, medium tannins, higher acidity. Raspberry and plum, violets, and tar. Interesting profile.

2/2/2024 - marcp Likes this wine:

Medium bodied, dry, moderate tannins, balanced with moderate acidity. Red raspberries, red cherries, tobacco, a little iron on the finish. Nice value!

1/29/2024 - marcp Likes this wine:

Light bodied, high acidity, lighter tannins. Raspberry and tart cherry, baking spice. Good now; faded over a few days so would not recommend for aging.

1/10/2024 - marcp Likes this wine:

Medium bodied, medium-light tannins, high acidity. Red raspberry, blackberry, licorice, iron finish.

1/1/2024 - marcp Likes this wine:

Past its prime. Fruit is fading. Still good, but less enjoyable than it was.

12/17/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

High acidity, medium bodied, dry. Green apple, lime zest, steely finish. Great with briny east coast oysters. Hits all the right notes for an entry level Chablis.

12/15/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Medium-full bodied, medium-low acidity, tastes a little off dry. Stone fruits, slightly bitter finish almond-like finish. Simple but good value.

12/10/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Medium-full body, tastes a little off dry, medium-low acidity. Tropical and orchard fruits- lychee, apricot, mango. Wet river stones. A bit more acidity would help balance it out, but overall quite nice and a good value.

12/2/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Medium-full bodied, medium acidity. Apricot and peach, a little white flower.

11/21/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Dry, medium bodied, medium acidity and medium tannins. Plum, black cherry, licorice, sage, menthol. Long, drying finish.

10/31/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Medium bodied, balanced tannins and acidity, dry. Red cherry, plum, licorice, tar. Their entry level, old-school Rioja. Drank well over two days, although a bit better the first day.

10/15/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

High acidity, medium-high tannins, medium-light bodied, red raspberry, tart cherry, lilac, iron. Long, dry finish.

10/12/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Dry, medium-full bodied, medium-high tannins, medium acidity. Sage hits the nose. Tastes of blackberry, dark cherry, tannins take over on the finish. A heavier montepulciano that should age well for a few more years.

10/8/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Gold, dry, medium bodied, medium-high acidity, flavor of baked apples, hazelnut, spice, honey, and a granite minerality on the finish. Lots of depth, and for the price tough to beat. I would drink up if I were holding a few bottles.

9/26/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Dry, medium-light bodied, higher acidity, litchi, honeysuckle, chalk. One of the more interesting whites I’ve had in a while and a good value at that.

9/24/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Kirsch, bramble, black licorice. Full bodied, higher alcohol, moderate tannins and moderate acidity. Hedonistic.

9/16/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Fair level of bricking, medium bodied, higher acidity, moderate tannins. Red cherry, raspberry, leather, smoked meat, rose petals. Finish is a bit thin. Probably at or just past peak.

9/10/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Medium bodied, medium-high acidity, near dry - maybe just a hint of residual sweetness. Green apple, lime zest, blanched almonds, wet river stones. Good example of white burgundy at a decent price.

9/5/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

A touch off dry, high acidity and medium bodied. I get white peach and lime, with honeysuckle and a bit of wet river stone on the finish. Nice wine, although I would prefer it completely dry.

9/1/2023 - marcp wrote:

Light bodied, lower acidity, dry. Sea breeze, lemon juice. Probably would be much better with more acidity.

8/31/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Dry, high acidity, moderate tannins and medium bodied. Raspberry and red cherry, graphite, lilacs, spice (cinnamon?) Great value - need to pick up more of these.

8/27/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Medium bodied, medium tannins, medium acidity, dry, slightly hot. Dried strawberry, bramble, herbal, olives. Would rate higher if not for the higher alcohol content that made it feel off balance.

7/6/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

A darker rose, pale orange colored. Fuller bodied, moderate acidity, a little off dry, very light impression of tannins. Raspberry, lychee and faintly floral.

6/29/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Amber color and somewhat cloudy. Dry, medium acidity, light tannins, medium bodied. Apricots, almonds, grapefruit pith.

5/18/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Pale red with bricking, dark cherry, fig, cola, rose petals, medium-high sweetness, moderate tannins and higher acidity. Really nice tawny port.

5/16/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Fig, plum, medium sweetness and acidity, a little burnt orange peel, Christmas spice. Nice after dinner port.

5/10/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Nice value - medium bodied, medium plus tannins, medium acidity, a little bricking, red cherry, a little tar, rose petals.

4/23/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Medium bodied, gold colored, medium acidity. Green apple, pear, some ripe pineapple, a slight bitterness to it with toasted almonds and gravel on the finish. Great with Alaskan king salmon. Drinking well thought could go another year or two.

4/6/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Light-medium bodied, medium tannins, medium plus acidity, dry. A little barnyard on the nose. Then raspberry and blackberry with wet river stones on the finish.

4/5/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Light-medium bodied, medium-high acidity, dry. Lemon, hint of white flowers, and a little chalk on the finish. Like a basic Chablis.

3/17/2023 - marcp wrote:

Medium - heavy bodied, medium acidity and tannins. Blackberries and plums. More fruit forward than I’m used to from a Barbera.

2/19/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Light bodied, light tannins and medium-high acidity. Red cherry, white pepper and some vanilla. Went well with a pork chop and morel pan sauce. Less complex than prior vintages.

2/12/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Medium bodied, medium acidity and soft tannins. Forest floor and mushroom are the first things to hit the nose. Dark cherry and cola. Nice with trout on the first night and steak on the second.

1/23/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Light color, light bodied, high acidity, light tannins. Tart cherry flavor, aroma has tar and caraway seeds.

1/8/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Light bodied, high acidity, light tannins. Cranberries, dried strawberries, iron. Could it age?

1/8/2023 - marcp Likes this wine:

Light bodied, medium high acidity, pale color. Lemon juice, tart apple, wet stones, a little white flowers on the nose. Great with food.

12/28/2022 - marcp Likes this wine:

This is the third bottle I’ve had in the past four months. They were each quite different - same vintage so it’s a lot of bottle variation. One was mostly dark fruit (prune, plum, raisin) with little of the tertiary aromas you expect at this age. Perhaps overheated at some point. The last was somewhere between the other two. Such things happen when a wine gets old and none were “bad”. It’s still a great opportunity to try something older at an affordable price.

12/23/2022 - marcp Likes this wine:

White peach, grapefruit zest, petrol, hazelnut. Hold color, lighter bodied and medium-high acidity. It’s good, and in my opinion near peak.

12/18/2022 - marcp Likes this wine:

Drank over 2 nights. Medium bodied, medium-high acidity. Green apple, lemon curd, blanched almond, wet stones. Nice example of Chablis. Could probably go a few more years.

12/16/2022 - marcp Likes this wine:

Light bodied, light tannins and high acidity. Tart cherry, strawberry, faint mushroom.

12/14/2022 - marcp Likes this wine:

Light color, light-medium bodied with high acidity. White peach, lemon, white flowers and some minerality on the finish.

11/27/2022 - marcp Likes this wine:

White peach, mango, fuller bodied, medium-high acidity, slightly off dry. A little spice on the finish keeps it interesting. It’s a nice representation of Vire-Clesse.

11/24/2022 - marcp Likes this wine:

Light bodied, light tannins and high acidity. Red berries - raspberry, strawberry, cranberry, cola, allspice. Excellent choice for a thanksgiving turkey!