2/24/2024 - BMarsden wrote:

Drank around Xmas with brother is was a bit stale

2/19/2024 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

Pristine, smooth, blackberry, pepper

12/24/2023 - BMarsden wrote:

Really good and improved with time. Tannins at first but became very very good. Drank Xmas eve with a lava and Italian cab.

12/24/2023 - BMarsden wrote:

Raspberry and the best of it. Jammy. It’s what lava is. Drank on Xmas eve 2023 with Trev and family along with an Italian cab and Heitz 2016 C-91.

12/6/2023 - BMarsden wrote:

Drank with T and Sophie mom and Rachel on Friday before Marie wedding at Woodstock Inn. So good. Much better than when tried a young one in 2018/19. Complex fruit. Smooth. Oak.

8/24/2023 - BMarsden wrote:

Got better in your 3. Had with Hannah and Rachel.

7/17/2023 - BMarsden wrote:

Was better day 2. Smooth as can be. Dark fruit. Compared with brother to 2006 Kamen. Close second.

7/17/2023 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

Past drinking window? Was pretty flat. Black pepper. Compared to 2013 corison with my brother.

5/14/2023 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

Drank with T and mom Mother’s Day 2023.black fruit, some pepper. Quite good. Young.

5/10/2023 - BMarsden wrote:

Straight down the middle beauty from Napa. Tobacco, smoothed out quick, dark fruit, beautiful.

11/23/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Good drinking wine. Day before thanksgiving 2022. Hannah came. Cracked in her honor around 3pm.

9/13/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Good day to day wine. Acidic. Tart. Earthy and def some cherries.

9/3/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Good. Drank with Hannah and Rachel a few weeks into the new house. Light. Berries.

9/3/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Was good but The Mucci Steira was equal or better, odd.

8/22/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Drank the day I closed Humana along with a 2017 Hafner. Very different wines. Hafner maybe had edge.

8/22/2022 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

Like

8/16/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Drank with T, Marie, Jamie, Sophie, Caty, Mom. Good. Young still. Kamen profile.

7/17/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Smelled and tasted like Kamen. Young. Fruit forward. Raspberries. Smooth as hell. Drank with Sophie and T at Hingham apt, and Mom.

4/21/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Pepper, spice, very good, light

4/19/2022 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

Spice, hint of smoke. Like.

4/1/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Drank at Tuckers cousin wine night, so solid can’t go wrong but Justin is always jammy.

3/28/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

So solid

2/26/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Did a tasting with my brother comparing:
Kamen 2018 cab
Clos du Val 2018 cab
Justin isosceles 2018
Also SOPRA and quilceda creek 2018 cab we did a coravin of.
Kamen and quilceda neck and neck.

2/26/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Did a tasting with my brother comparing:
Kamen 2018 cab
Clos du Val 2018 cab
Justin isosceles 2018
Also SOPRA and quilceda creek 2018 cab we did a coravin of.
Kamen and quilceda neck and neck.

2/11/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Had a Hafner 2009 first, good. This second, spice and pepper bomb at first and I like that. So different from Hafner. It’s a 90 Id drink it all day.

2/11/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

90 minute decant. Classic Napa cab. Light. Smooth. Leather. Just good good good. I’d drink this all day. Best Hafner yet.

2/5/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Juice box. Tried right after Falerno 2015 Italian and it’s not even close. Disappointing.

2/4/2022 - BMarsden Does not like this wine:

Awful. Couldn’t even finish the bottle. How Is this top 100 wine spectator? Has that smell of shit wine that costs 9.99 at Costco.

2/2/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Fine. Fruits.

1/29/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Had it again to be sure. Awesome. Initial smell is like Kamen, it’s the quality wine smell. Oak. Opened at 1pm and drank at 3pm on a Saturday we had two feet or more of snow.

1/28/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Fruits, dark, smooth, some oak, awesome Syrah. Really dig this and could drink it all the time, awesome and need more.

1/27/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

So good. Opens up with a burn,
Some oak, berries and fruits. Starts to smooth with a beautiful taste. Drank over 2.5 hours. I love this stuff. More like a 92.

1/22/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Very light, fruit bomb at first, it’s fine wine you can drink it but don’t need to go out of your way for this. Portorello which I tried next to it was much better.

1/22/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Decanted for 2 hours. First smell reaction was magic, similar to a Great California cab in many ways. Improved with time, dry fruits, some leather, the finish so smooth. I loved this wine and need to try again asap to make sure it’s as good as I think.

1/21/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Just okay. Red fruit.

1/17/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Lovely Syrah. Big fruit. Dry finish. Some leather as it opened up. I’d drink this all day long, Rachel loved it too. Got better with time- 2 hours in.

1/15/2022 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

Italian spice. It’s fine. Like Mucci wine many of them.

1/14/2022 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

Better with time. Depth. Smooth. Berry. Best vs fuedo and cannon and vermillion.

1/14/2022 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

It’s good. Cherry forward. Lighter. Bite stuck around at end. Solid overall. Maybe like a more lighter fruit forward justin 2018.

1/8/2022 - BMarsden wrote:

Smooths out. Black fruits. Strong oak smell. Overall good but I’m not going out of my way for more.

1/4/2022 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

Hints of vanilla, bold, good.

1/2/2022 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

Red fruit, some earth, good. 89.

12/31/2021 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

New Year’s Eve. Cork broke, but crystals were strong. No leak. Beautiful from the first sip with the smooth Kamen cab spice. Magic.

11/19/2021 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

Solid, some wood and oak, fruits, smooths out over a few hours. Middle of cab road can’t go wrong.

9/27/2020 - BMarsden wrote:

Very solid. Opens up nicely. Let it sit.

9/25/2020 - BMarsden wrote:

This smell is epic. Wow. This is better than 92.

9/25/2020 - BMarsden wrote:

Awesome

7/29/2020 - BMarsden Likes this wine:

Unique, good, really like

7/29/2020 - BMarsden wrote:

Good, not great. Wouldn’t buy again.

7/13/2020 - BMarsden Does not like this wine:

The smell gives it away, this is so so average. Has the smell of average and tastes that way. I was excited to prove myself wrong, but this is just maybe drinking wine on a good day. Ugh.