2/27/2023 - pryby Likes this wine:

This was lovely - consistent with recent prior notes. Every time I worry these are over the hill, I open one that reaffirms their greatness….

2/25/2023 - pryby Likes this wine:

HOLD.
On day 4, this was absolutely beautiful - kaleidoscopic fruits on the nose and palate…plum, peach, apricot.
On open, the wine was good - but could tell there was a lot more the bottle just was not giving up.
I imagine this will be spectacular with a couple years rest.

2/5/2023 - pryby Likes this wine:

This is in a very nice place. I disagree with many of the recent notes in CT - at least for this bottle. Plenty of red fruit, a bit of pyrazine - but not too much, nothing dried out….this is really juicy.

2/4/2023 - pryby Likes this wine:

This was advertised as Jura style, but to be honest did not come across very oxidative. Perhaps a slight nuttiness to complement the lemony goodness. But what really played wonderfully here was the texture - just perfectly weighted…substantial but not heavy, and offset with terrific acidity. This felt like a very expensive bottle in that way.

1/29/2023 - pryby wrote:

This bottle really disappointed, after high hopes from my first couple bottles a few years ago. There is still a feral, meaty note here that comes across on the nose and briefly on the palate. Unfortunately, nothing much else develops - a bit musty/mousy, and a short drying finish.
Maybe a bad bottle? But my experience was similar to many of the more recent reviews.

1/21/2023 - pryby Likes this wine:

Very nice - spicy, earthy, dark berry fruit.

1/11/2023 - pryby Likes this wine:

So, so good. Regrettably the last of my 2014s. This was the wine that got me truly hooked on Cru Beaujolais. Just perfect tart fruit, sunshine and tiny bit of funk.

1/7/2023 - pryby Likes this wine:

This wine came out guns blazing with a beautiful raspberry aroma. Juicy, red fruited. Great balance of acidity and modest tannin. Super fun, super gulpable. Didn’t last long!

12/14/2022 - pryby wrote:

The most champagne-like of the Lauer Reserve bubbles I’ve had over the years. Much smaller bead, higher acidity, minimal sweetness, no funk. Not sure if the Grande Reserve designation reflects fundamentally different winemaking approach, different grapes, or just the year, but a very different and more “serious” wine here. Maybe “better” by objective standards, but some of this wine’s distinctiveness is missing.

12/11/2022 - pryby Likes this wine:

Bought from Bedrock library release in 2020. This is not normally my cup of tea… Very, very rich, but without being cloying. There is a toffee/caramel like element here, but it doesn’t read as sweet. In the release email, Morgan used the descriptor “figgy” which is dead on here. Not sure how this would relate with food, but as a holiday season nightcap it was really lovely.

12/10/2022 - pryby Likes this wine:

Really spectacular. Rich and full but still speaking of the sea. You taste the oyster shell - but at this pint in the wine’s evolution it’s more like an oyster shell broth if that makes sense.
Wish I had more. I’ve got to believe this is at or near it’s peak. Gorgeous stuff.

12/5/2022 - pryby Likes this wine:

This was fantastic. No detailed notes but the wine was complex and delicious. More on the red fruit spectrum, earthy, great acidity.

10/16/2022 - pryby Likes this wine:

This opened nicely - higher toned than typical syrah, I suppose befitting the cold climate at Alder Springs, but with a nice touch of olive and something floral. After 3 days however, this is something absolutely unique. The acidity still there, but surrounded by a powerful and unmistakable flavor of smoked meat - beef rib off a Texas barbecue pit…

10/6/2022 - pryby wrote:

My second and last bottle. Over the past two years, this has finally come together to become a coherent wine. Still very citrus-driven and not terribly complex, but the acid and bubbles have calmed, making this an enjoyable wine with food.

9/25/2022 - pryby Likes this wine:

Delicious wild strawberry aroma straight off the bat.
Very fruit forward but not in a cloying way. Great balance of mineral, red fruit, herbal aromatics, and terroir.

7/18/2022 - pryby wrote:

This was a bit of a miss for me - the first of the Yeah! wines I’ve felt that way. The acidity is just out of balance with the fruit, even after 2 days, just too overpowering.

7/13/2022 - pryby Likes this wine:

This was really fantastic on day 2. My second bottle and sorry it was my last. It was pretty closed on opening but after 24 hours it really broke out into a beautiful dilineation of the early styles of these two fantastic winemakers - meaning Hardy’s incredibly crunchy, zippy, juicy and mineral D&R style Mourvèdre; and John’s awesome way with tannic texture and mouthfeel in on the ever so slightly stemmy Pinot.
A cool collaboration - would love to see them do it again some day…..

6/26/2022 - pryby wrote:

This is an ok wine, but very little that speaks to Cornas - or for that matter the Northern Rhône I was looking for olives, iron, florals, but got some oak, and rather generic black fruit.

5/31/2022 - pryby Likes this wine:

This is fantastic stuff Really electric chenin.

5/8/2022 - pryby Likes this wine:

After 6 hours decant (which was very impactful). Really excellent. Earthy, herbal, and brightly acidic.

4/25/2022 - pryby Likes this wine:

This is a very good wine, but still very young and highly structured. I hope I can remember to leave my last bottle for another 3 years at least

4/19/2022 - pryby wrote:

This was just fine- sharp acidity, sour cherry. Maybe a little bit of mousiness muting the fruit. There was a weird pomp and ceremony around the bottle which was puzzling - wood box, scroll containing a certification of the age of the vines…. Not that any of this should go into a tasting note, but for all the ceremony you’d want a truly transcendent wine.

4/4/2022 - pryby Likes this wine:

I really enjoy this wine. Juffer’s recent note is dead-on. Lots of interesting oxidative nutty, saline notes. But now something akin to a cidery fruit in the foreground.

4/3/2022 - pryby wrote:

I normally love the Kutch pinots…. This was probably the most disappointing I’ve had. Maybe way too early??? But I’m not sure I see the makings of something much better over time.
From the open it was thin, with very high acid stealing the show from a light raspberry and cherry flavor (almost aguafresca-like). I had hoped it would evolve over 24 hours, but if anything, the acid calmed down but the fruit virtually disappeared - leaving a very inoffensive but forgettable drink.
Very uncharacteristic… I’ve got one more of these, which I will hold for quite a while longer before trying again.
Withholding a score on this as it is just so unusual vs what I’ve seen from this winemaker.

3/29/2022 - pryby Likes this wine:

Took a few hours to come out of an initial shrill phase…. but a really nice wine. The tart strawberry and raspberry is still there , but now sitting atop an undertone of damp earth.

2/22/2022 - pryby Likes this wine:

This was a knockout. Deep red fruit, a bit peppery, great acid, good structure, long finish Might it be better if you wait another 3 years? Sure, but it so good now….

2/20/2022 - pryby wrote:

Austere is the word that comes to mind. Highly mineral and herbal. More structure than typical for Cru Bojo. No fruit to be found. Maybe a phase, given other notes from years prior? Will give my other bottle some time before opening.

2/4/2022 - pryby wrote:

Really not impressed. Seemed tired/flabby with faded fruit. Maybe a poor bottle - but none of the acid or verve that some others described. I was hoping for more lift-off from this wine…

12/17/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Great feral cab franc nose -herbs, stewed tomatoes and peppers, muted red fruit. This bottle had an off taste in the finish that marred it on day 1. After 48 hours, the off note was gone and the wine was delicious as previous bottles, if a bit thin.
Not sure if this wine has much longer to run. I’d drink up if I had more.

12/9/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Not quite as intense as my note from 3 years ago. This was still savory and chewy and earthy - a good old world Syrah experience

12/3/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

A great cab. Lean, with just a bit of purple fruit, earth, herbs, chocolate, coffee. Fantastic with a good aged NY strip.

11/30/2021 - pryby wrote:

I’m really struggling with this one. I don’t know if it is flawed?, but I’m finding it really unenjoyable. There is a distinct rubbing alcohol smell which hides anything fruity or floral that may be there. It is quite different from the Riesling “petrol” nose. I don’t think I’ve encountered it before. The wine is virtually weightless/watery on the palate. There are hints of jasmine, ginger, underripe peach - but mostly everything subsumed to the smell. Finish is virtually nil.

10/23/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Often I find petite sirah to be ponderous. This was anything but….
You feel the weight of the grape, but still very light on its feet. Like Bootsy Collins on the bass. Plum and plum skin, dusty, a bit stemmy/green, white pepper. Great lift on the long finish from a jolt of acidity.
Noticeably better on tbe second day as it opened up.

10/21/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Outrageously beautiful nose of roses and cherries. The wine took a while to open up on the palate - but over 2.5 hours developed a lovely complex earthiness with the fruit just peeking out. If only I could have kept half the bottle for the next day I’m sure this would be really remarkable.

9/21/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Very good. There is a great tobacco note that has now emerged above the woodsy, herbal and red-fruited deliciousness that has characterized this wine for many years.

8/24/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Bottle #2 of the case about 5 years after the first. Tannins are fully resolved. The wine is lighter in color and weight than before. More herbal and vegetal than the last one - no fruit to speak of. I’m not getting meaty or leather tertiary type notes with this bottle. Maybe this will come with time.

7/24/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Honestly one of the best rose wines I have ever had. Tart and fruity, but with real Syrah depth and texture. Very impressed!

7/1/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Juicy strawberry and raspberry. Nice acidity and sparkling tannins. Not very complex, and not as mineral as other Enfield pinots I’ve had (thinking of the Antle that John used to make). But a lovely drink.

6/28/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Ultra light, refreshing. Bright acid and barely ripe peach.

6/23/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Refreshing - mineral, barely ripe strawberry.

6/20/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Very rich, somewhat oxidative. Seemed to be aging faster than I would have expected for a wine of such clear quality - with a dark golden color. Flavor of almond and apple skin, some underripe peach perhaps, but not much fruit. Noticeable oak, but does not feel forced. This is a very elegant wine, I’ve heard this is meant to be a long-lived bottling, but maybe drink sooner than later if this example is any indication.

6/15/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

All perfectly ripe strawberries. This wine has gained in length and depth over 4 days since opening. Very nice.

5/31/2021 - pryby wrote:

Dusty red fruit on the nose. Lots of earthiness but little fruit on the palate. Lacks the herbaceous notes that define Cab Franc for me. Well structured and elegant tannins. Should develop a bit over time.

5/23/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Awfully good. Strawberry fruit punch, but there is a punch of salinity and acid that mark this as something to take notice of - not just a beach-drinker.

5/16/2021 - pryby wrote:

Intensely herbaceous and mineral. Minimal fruit here - flavors reminiscent of a Barolo chinato (dialed back on the alcohol obviously).
A really interesting take on Mourvèdre.... far from any other CA or Bandol version I’ve tried.
Personally I enjoyed the wine - especially with food - but can’t say it was a crowd pleaser.

5/15/2021 - pryby wrote:

Still on the bottom rung of Bedrock vineyards for me. Nice structure but not much else. Fared very poorly next to a 2017 Bedrock Evangelho which was on fire....maybe this rating is hurt by the comparison.

5/14/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Longtime Bedrock drinker - but this was my first great Evangelho experience. Wow - deep pure raspberry, great acidity. Long finish. Really a notable wine.

5/9/2021 - pryby wrote:

At Little Giant in Portland, Maine.
Interestingly herbal. Oregano, rosemary. Minimal fruit, low tannin. Good with food - very versatile. Short finish.
Interesting grape - new to me. Bargain at $40 on a restaurant wine list.

5/2/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Outstanding over 4 days. Brilliant crystalline raspberry and limestone

4/25/2021 - pryby Likes this wine:

Drinking very nicely. Tart cranberry perfumed with Musar-like baking spices.