8/25/2021 - CheviotCellar Likes this wine:

Delicious. We got turned on to this wine with the 2015 vintage. The fruit flavors seem richer and more prevalent in this 2017 version. Also some nice earthy notes, even coffee in there to balance out the richness of the fruit flavors. Comes across with purity and freshness, silky texture. Well made wine. Looking forward to the evolution of our other bottles.

5/10/2015 - Pebben wrote:

See earlier notes.

6/28/2014 - Ed in Montana Likes this wine:

A great blend of 57% cab, 32% merlot and 11% cab franc. You an taste the basalt minerality from the Ferguson Vineyard.

4/15/2012 - Riezin wrote:

A pretty red with a dark center and lighter rim going orange. Pretty nose thats floral with sandalwood and cognac-soaked cigar notes. Palate offers up a fair amount of vanilla, dark fruits, cigar box and spice. The dark fruit is secondary and a bit muddled. Full bodied and well structured still but the tannins were largely smoothed out with just a touch of prickliness on the finish. Very long lasting finish with a nice mouth feel. Threw lots of sediment. On the second night this wine was rocking though, just delicious. A chocolate note emerged and it just sang. Couldnt stop drinking it, everything just harmonized beautifully.

2/16/2014 - PDX-S wrote:

Straw colored, pronounced nose of petrol, petrichor, and red apple. Full bodied and rich with an exquisite acid tang. Concentrated with a balanced sweetness, there is plenty of apple, along with rich lemon and lime curd that is completely cut by persistent and pervasive acidity. Tangy, rich, and delicious wine that is showing very well at the moment.

1/25/2013 - gunpwdr wrote:

Nose: Honeyed lemons, big time petrol, caramelized apples, loads of minerality, hint of coconut creme and almonds. Big, beautiful nose. Palate: Honeyed lemons, caramelized apples, crushed rocks, figs on the attack. Acidity and salinity show up in abundance on the mid-palate and give way to sweet lemons and honey on the finish.

I fell head over heels in love with the 2008 version when I was first introduced to A.J. Adam by Phil at Macarthur Beverages so I went "big" on the 2009 only to be let down by a young bottle almost 2 years ago. Chalk it up to bottle variation or a different drinking window than the 2008, but the added cellar time has really allowed this kab to shed the baby fat and cloying sweetness. This kab is like a size 4 woman with a big booty and chest - lean and thick in the right places. I'm glad I bought a lot of this 2009 because it is truly delicious.

12/13/2012 - ob2s wrote:

Ok, so here is how I classify this wine. I am a kids soccer coach and I have 11 pretty good players, but there are 18 kids on the team. Some of those 7 don't even want to play, but their parents make them. I have to play all 18, as I should, but when to play them so we don't lose is the dilemma. So when to drink these let downs in order to not detract from what is being served for dinner is the challenge.....and I have more than 7 to deal with...

12/4/2012 - ob2s wrote:

So I am a bad CT tasting note writer, in style and quantity. If a wine is 70-88 I don't bother. Kind of like internet reviews, 'it sucks !', 'its awesome (sic)', passionately enthused or passionately miffed. I digress, ahem. This wine may not be ready for drinking, but I can certainly say it is one of the few wines I have had SECONDS out of the bottle and been wicked good. The wine is balanced so harmoniously, it is almost uncanny. The depth is certainly there, but not deep enough to be a 96-98 wine, I mean you have to spend at least $100 to score that high right ? The QPR on this wine is huge. Yes like the others said, plum, vanilla, caramel, 65% Dark chocolate. Not 64 or 66, not 75, 65, exactly. I only have 3 left, and am sad for it. If you take this wine to any wine event it would be at the top or near top every time. Thank you Dunham and Full Pull, together you almost make forget all the Garagiste sh*t I have to stomach.