11/3/2014 - Druidh wrote:

super tasty blend of sauvignon blanc, pinot blanc, chardonnay and albarino. Tart and fresh and delicious with scallops and a grilled, whole trout.

9/15/2014 - Druidh wrote:

Drier style Kabinett full of slate, citrus peel and apple. Perfect with some braised pork and bratwurst.

9/7/2014 - Druidh wrote:

Perfect balance between fruit and earth. Flavors of just ripe cherries and raspberries and great acid. Just about a perfect wine to go with pork tenderloin medallions in a grainy mustard and cream sauce topped with toasted hazelnuts.

8/17/2014 - Druidh Likes this wine:

Tart and linear. Very earthy and delicious.

6/10/2014 - Druidh wrote:

very Bordeaux style wine. Full flavored with great acid.

4/20/2014 - Druidh wrote:

Rich and earthy with great fruit flavors. Sat on the edge between sweet and savory and never tilted far to either side. Excellent with some lamb and some potatoes sauteed in duck fat. Wonderful wine with some years ahead of it.

1/25/2014 - Druidh wrote:

mature wine with a changing flavor profile. Now apricots and pear flavors. Still for $15 a remarkable wine.

1/24/2014 - Druidh wrote:

pulled this out thinking it might be over the ill. Fully mature but beautiful in every way. Great fruit, soft tannin, and a great mouth feel. Drank with with slices of beef tenderloin. Perfect drink for a bitterly cold night.

11/10/2013 - Druidh wrote:

six years out from vintage and a lot has changed for the better. Light golden color with aromas of lime and lychee. Great acid and a taste of a crisp golden delicious apple and citrus. The finish is longer. Nice wine.

11/5/2013 - Druidh wrote:

quirky California Chardonnay from the Russian River Valley. Crisp and Chablis like up front with flavors of lime and green apple. Broadens out in the mid palate with flavors of pear and pineapple. Crisp finish. interesting wine. Drank with some pasta with fresh chanterelle mushrooms. Good match

10/27/2013 - Druidh wrote:

crisp, tart, salty, flavorful with grapefruit and tart apple. Good length of finish and the second half of the bottle on day two was even better.

Fresh (never frozen) Alaskan crab legs just off the plane from Dutch Harbor. Perfect match.

10/22/2013 - Druidh wrote:

Flat out delicious. Perfect maturity. Dark fruit, earth and leather in proper proportions.

10/21/2013 - Druidh wrote:

drank as part of a small vertical of 2004 thru 2008.

This wine was very different than the other wines in the tasting. This wine was geared toward the red end of the cherry spectrum. Full flavored but lacking the depth and darkness of the other vintages. Good acid and tannin and a hint of earth and leather.

This was the groups least favorite of the five wines.

10/21/2013 - Druidh wrote:

drank as part of a small vertical of 2004 thru 2008.

Dark fruit flavors with a hint of raspberry and leather. Good tannin and earthy highlights. Full bodied wine with a long finish.

Group had it as their second choice in a narrow vote over the 2004 but well behind the 2007.

10/21/2013 - Druidh wrote:

drank as part of a small vertical of 2004 thru 2008.

Very good wine that was more toward the dark end of the fruit spectrum, but with some brighter notes. Fully mature and delicious to drink. Good tannin and nice length to the finish.

group had it as their third choice of the five wines.

10/21/2013 - Druidh wrote:

drank as part of a small vertical of 2004 thru 2008.

This seemed to be a cross between the 2008 and the 2007. Lots of dark fruit but with some red fruit highlights to it. The most tannin of any of the five wines. Good balance. Finished as the fourth choice of the group.

10/21/2013 - Druidh wrote:

drank as part of a small vertical of 2004 thru 2008. 2007 was the clear winner. dark fruit, good tannin, great acid, great length of finish. Very earthy finish.

four of five people had this wine as their favorite.

10/11/2013 - Druidh wrote:

aromas of raw meat, bacon fat, leather and black olives. Full flavors of black cherries, black olives and bit of cinnamon and vanilla. Got much better as the evening wore on. Drank with a porterhouse steak grilled medium rare.

10/7/2013 - Druidh wrote:

Wonderful middle weight Bordeaux. Good cherry fruit and wonderful tannin that gave the wine a wonderful mouth feel. Wonderful sensation of earth between the nose and the taste. Good acid and a long finish. Drank the first half with some grilled lamb chops and the second half a day later with some roast chicken.

10/7/2013 - Druidh wrote:

drank over three days. Still young and fresh, but full of flavors of leather, black cherries, plums, and spice. Last glass was the best.

8/23/2013 - Druidh wrote:

lighter than expected but with good fresh fruit. Much better the second day. Prefer the 2003 and 2006 vintages.

8/23/2013 - Druidh wrote:

drank with a ribeye. Full fruit, some earth, a little bit of spice. TAnnin and acid were good. Second half of the bottle was better on the second day.

8/22/2013 - Druidh wrote:

Was feeling 'off the wall' so we opened this bottle with steamed lobsters. The wine was still fresh and tart, but with a strong body underneath the freshness. The wow moment was a bite of lobster dipped in a lemongrass butter followed by a sip of this wine. The slight oxidation really hit it off with the flavor of the lemongrass. Good meal.

8/12/2013 - Druidh wrote:

beautiful wine with some Arctic Char. By the end of the evening the last glass was the best. Great balance and tart flavors with a touch of honey to balance things.

7/6/2013 - Druidh wrote:

This wine actually tasted young. Lots of fruit - both dark and red cherries. A hint or two of cinnamon and vanilla in the nose. Full bodied but with enough acid to keep it from tasting fat. Nice finish of tart cherries - but just a touch of heat at the end. Fourth of July wine with pulled pork and the pork and wine were great together.

6/16/2013 - Druidh wrote:

fully mature nose of cherries and plums just beginning to move into older aromas. Medium body, full on flavors of red cherries and berries and just enough tannin and acid to hold everything together. Considering its age - a noteworthy bottle.

6/16/2013 - Druidh wrote:

last bottle of this wine it is still a tremendous bargain. A touch more maturity than the last two, but just beautiful and easy to drink. Frank with a duck breast seasoned with rosemary, fennel seed, and garlic.

6/7/2013 - Druidh wrote:

Decanted for four hours. Wonderful stuff with a great nose of flowers, earth and fruit. Full flavors of dark red cherries. Still plenty of tannin, but not at all out of balance. Drinking just about perfect right now.

Drank with friends on a deck overlooking SF Bay which clouded our judgement I'm sure.

5/28/2013 - Druidh Likes this wine:

Lobsters with a couple of friends and this wine. Clean, pure and precise. Elegant, a little reserved at first then just blooming into something wonderful that was great with the lobster but would have been great on its own. Couldn't ask for more.

2/23/2013 - Druidh wrote:

fully mature. heavy sediment. Red fruit and a good bit of earthiness. Delicious with some braised short ribs of beef.

12/6/2012 - Druidh wrote:

decanted for an hour then knocked it down with a NY strip steak. Good fruit and acid and enough tannin to support everything. Good value.

11/21/2012 - Druidh wrote:

Fresh, balanced, and delicious. Medium weight and tasted bigger than its 12.5% alcohol. Good fruit flavors with some minerality in the finish. Just about perfect with a couple of lamb chops. Excellent PQR

11/15/2012 - Druidh wrote:

just about everything is together on this wine. Great stone fruit up front with minerals and herbs in the middle and the end. Sneaky acid that arrives just in time to clear the palate for the next sip. Perfect with the last of the season halibut.

10/18/2012 - Druidh wrote:

just about perfect at this point. Drank with a thick slice of porchetta. Fruit, flowers, tannin and acid in just about perfect balance. Decanted for a couple of hours. Really bloomed after that. Great flavors and a warm embrace.

10/11/2012 - Druidh wrote:

beautifully balanced bottle of wine. still fresh and highly pleasing

9/28/2012 - Druidh wrote:

Good, basic burgundy with some good depth, but not outstanding. Better the second day.

9/24/2012 - Druidh Likes this wine:

Crisp and fresh nose of apples and herbs. Tart mouth feel leading to great flavors of apples, a bit of peach, and a young pear. Crisp and lengthy finish that was perfect with some sauerkraut and pork braised in freshly pressed apples cider.

9/10/2012 - Druidh wrote:

One of several bottles tried with a grill roasted suckling pig, but the only Riesling. Sharp and tart, plenty of aroma and great taste of citrus, apple, and other bright fruit. The wine and the light smokiness of the meat were an almost perfect match. Far and away the best choice for this meal.

8/17/2012 - Druidh wrote:

pulled this from the cellar by mistake and decided to drink it instead of walking back to the basement. Wonderful aromas of flowers and fruit and tar. Great flavors of cherry and herbs. Nice drying tannin on the finish. Mature and ready to go. Two more in the cellar.

7/15/2012 - Druidh wrote:

fair amount of sediment, but strained that out. Great nose that combined fruit, earth and spice. Good mix of red and black berries in the taste, wonderful mouth feel and silky tannins. Lots of spice and herbs as the meal progressed. Good length of finish. Drank with a roasted strip steak and and some ratatouille.

6/5/2012 - Druidh wrote:

Good fruit, good acidity. Medium body and some earthy overtones. Lots of dark fruit flavors with a little kick.

6/5/2012 - Druidh wrote:

good fruit and nose but a bit hot on the finish

6/2/2012 - Druidh wrote:

good, basic burgundy. nice match for lobsters with a lime/butter sauce.

5/22/2012 - Druidh wrote:

Perfect red for a warm evening with Copper River salmon. Medium body and low alcohol and good fruit and earth flavors. Nice drink

4/28/2012 - Druidh wrote:

way too much oak in this wine destroyed any sense of freshness. ripe, mature fruit that tasted old. big disappointment.

4/28/2012 - Druidh wrote:

good basic red wine. good fruit, nice earthy aroma. medium body. Good with a small fillet of beef.

4/28/2012 - Druidh wrote:

consistent with my last notes, but with a little age on it. Still a good value

4/21/2012 - Druidh Likes this wine:

Great flavors of dark fruit and leather. Nicely balanced and not over the top. Drank with a butterflied leg of lamb from the grill and the smoke and wine made some great music together. Very nice effort.

4/8/2012 - Druidh Likes this wine:

Opened because I dropped another bottle on this one and a crack appeared. Decanted for about two hours. Great balance between fruit (plums and dark cherries) and earth. Medium body, good acid and unquestionably good tannin. Nice finish with some length to it. Lamb chops and a simple baked potato made a great match.

4/1/2012 - Druidh wrote:

18 months since the last bottle and this is still a great wine for the price. Decanted it for four hours and it was just what it needed.