8/11/2012 - WProctor204 wrote:

Licorice and cough syrup on the nose. Some red berries, spice, and black pepper. Bitter tartness and some tobacco on the finish.This wine wasn't really for me.

8/3/2012 - WProctor204 wrote:

Drank the 1998 first. This is the 1998's little brother (see those notes). Way less nose and about 1/3'd the flavor intensity of the '98. Still really good, though!

7/29/2012 - WProctor204 wrote:

Super dark in color. Black liquorish on the nose. Pretty fruit forward, a lot of cab inkiness, and juicy tannins. Super drinkable!

7/27/2012 - WProctor204 wrote:

I kind of think that I learned a lot from this wine. I tried to open it up and decant it for awhile. When I finally decided to try it, it had a earthy-barnyard and raw meat smell with some pomegranate/ strawberry twizzler on the nose. When I tasted it, there were some raw mushrooms, black pepper, and it was a little bit stemy. I kind of enjoyed the tannins, but they seemed to over power everything else that was going on. I then gave up on the wine, put it back into the bottle, and suctioned the air out. Last night, I attempted the wine again. The raw meat on the nose became more like bacon and the rest of the smell become muted.....not much there at all. When I drank the wine, it was totally different. It had a silky mouth feel, the tannins were well integrated, and the the wine tasted like roasted red berries (like they were stuffed in a baked turkey) with no sweetness. It then finished with sour cherry like favors. It's was really good.

7/22/2012 - WProctor204 wrote:

Wow. Really good wine. Dark brick red in color. Kind of murky and not clear. Smells awesome! First thing I thought was that this wine smelled like port. Raisin and a current/blackberry reduction syrup on the nose. So much so, I thought this wine would be a sweet fruit bomb. Tasting the wine, I found that this was a very well balanced and a very well structured wine. Dark berries up front that gave way to one of the best finishes I have ever experienced. The dark berries transitioned to perfect juicy tannins and then to a tart raspberry jam to tobacco. This wine was light to medium bodied and didn't have a "creamy" mouth feel. After 2 hours of decanting, the wine seemed to lose its strength and became super mellow.

7/19/2012 - WProctor204 wrote:

Super dark ruby in color. Wet stone, chocolate, and cherry syrup were what I got on the nose. When tasting, the first thing I noticed was that this wine is not the big fruit forward wine that I was expecting. Solid mouth coating tannins here with wet stone, green veggies, and tart berries on the finish. Seems to me like this wine has good structure but a little out of balance on the tart tannins for my tastes.

7/2/2012 - WProctor204 wrote:

Well structured. The wine had common Syrah "spiciness," but spiciness was well mellow and integrated with some solid tannins.

5/15/2010 - WProctor204 wrote:

Flowery and berries. Great mouth feel and the tannins were well rounded and not over powering. It's been awhile since I had this wine, but what I remember most was how well structured it seemed. By the time I went back to the winery to buy more, it was all sold out.