4/21/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Brown-orange with lots of sediment. Brown sugar and maple sugar on the nose with a faint mushroom note. Basalmic notes, sweet figs, sweet maple syrup, and mad honey. Amazing stuff.

4/21/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Dark garnet color. Cola and a panapoly of red fruits on the nose. Delicious red fruit centric, especially strawberries, and a touch of Indian spices.

4/21/2024 - TexasBob wrote:

Glowing orange-crimson with significant sediment under the light. Ripe red fruits on the nose. Meshed red fruits, perfectly aged.

4/21/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Medium dull garnet color. Cranberries, Indian spices, rose petals, and raspberries. Tasting notes are pretty similar.

4/21/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Vivid reflective light gold color. Electric lemonade on the nose. Unbelievably energetic with zinging acids and notes of lemons, nectarines, mangos, TCN.

4/21/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Light reflective hay color. Spring flowers and light lemon on the nose. Similar tasting notes with strong acids. Delicious.

4/21/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

18k light gold color. Poached pear, and floral notes on the nose. Still alive, but tired. Mandarin orange, and a nice umami finish.

4/21/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Pleasant light orange-gold color. Orange blossom notes on the nose, likely indicative of at least some oxidation. Unctuous texture with strong orange and orange oil. Nice minerality in the finish with a hint of shells.

4/17/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Lear garnet with a ruby core. Very clear. Cacophony of dark fruit scents with black blueberries and blackberries and bramble. Sweet blackberries, cinnamon, raspberries on the edges. Has at least three decades of life ahead of it.

4/17/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Very deep garnet with a ruby core, completely clear. BlackBerry and old campfire on the nose with red. Errors laced around the edges. Intense raspberries with smoky elements and black plum skin. Long, lingering sweet tannins. Needs another five years minimum. Delicious.

4/13/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Clear lite-medium garnet with a small ruby core under the light. Rich, ripe blackberries with a touch of spiced crabapple on the nose. Notes of red plum, sweet mulberries, and a touch of baking spices. Really tasty - it isn’t built for the long-haul, but it is drinking great now. A gift from a kind attorney at Locke Lord.

4/7/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Dull garnet with remnants of ruby at the center. Fascinating mixture of Christmas and Indian spices on the nose. Delicious wild strawberry, cranberry, and raspberry notes with brown spice notes in the long finish. Delicious.

4/7/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Cloudy orange-ruby color with a hint of brown. Must, raspberries, some mushroom and spices with wild strawberries on the nose. Acrid raspberries on the attack with strawberries far into a delayed finish. A little flat and well past its prime but the lovely secondary red fruit notes make this wine sing.

3/27/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Lite apricot in color. Strong tangerine with minerals on the nose; the tangerine fades in intensity fairly intensely. Slightly watery texture with a sense of wood and apricots dominating. Slightly effervescent. Very well-matched with Indian cuisine in Glasgow; I don’t think I would care to drink it alone.

3/23/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Light and mostly clear medium bright ruby. Strawberries and raspberries with a touch of lingonberry on the nose. Lovely balance between a mild sweetness, a pleasant tartness, and perfect accompanying acids. Notes of light pomegranate, raspberries, and light garrigue. There is a tiny bit of funk in the finish along with the red berries and garrigue. Pleasant.

3/23/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Light hay color with a touch of light gold and some bubbles. Light lime zest, light plantain leaves, and lemon curd on the very pleasant nose. Mineral citrus dominates
Slightly oily texture that is uncompromised by the firm acids and that lasts throughout and accompanies well the finish, where a walnut-esque bitterness joins the flavor melange. The tiniest bit of effervescence that correlates to the bubbles. Pleasant banana leaf and lemon curd notes throughout the stages. Pleasant and reminds me in some ways of a more mineral Sancerre with more noticeable alcohol. Pleasant, especially on a warm day.

3/23/2024 - TexasBob wrote:

Light gold color at first glance but very light hay under the light . Yellow squash and yellow plum and perhaps a touch of gooseberry on the nose. Quite acidic on the attack hints of effervescence and with yellow squash dominating with a touch of Meyer lemon and oily star fruit. Not to my goute. 85/100

3/10/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Dry bright and very clear medium ruby color. Milk chocolate and blackberries on the nose. Mixed black and red berries with milk chocolate. On the sweeter side with tart red berries and milk chocolate dominating the finish.

3/9/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Dark garnet with bright ruby under the light. Watermelon rind - the interior part after you’ve got eaten the flesh - is dominant on the nose followed by mixed berries and a hint of black soil. Deceptively light on the attack with hints of mint and eucalyptus that transitions to cassis, black soil, and mulberries, the latter two of which dominate a long finish and which is rejoined by the mint and eucalyptus and, at the very end, cocoa powder. Fascinating and tasty. On the thinner side body-wise with strong acids; overall a very complete wine that is very approachable early.

3/3/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Light good color. caramelized white cherries with custard and the faintest hint of Meyer lemon on the nose . Mildly sweet with a soft texture with notes of durian dominating (absent the unpleasant smell) with faint Meyer lemon, graham cracker, and a touch of Ecuadorian Honey Dragonfruit. Really good.

3/3/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Extremely dark and clear garnet with hints of crimson. Dense blackberries and a touch of vanillin on the nose. Superb wine with notes of soft red plum, blackberries, coffee, and mulberries and a very long finish. While it is still early in its evolution, it is perfectly integrated and will only improve with a few more years. Very soft velvety texture. It makes me sad to contemplate the inevitable Skyrocketing in price of this wine once the producer is discovered.

3/3/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Light bright and clear garnet. Light coffee and red berries on the nose. Tart blackberry with hints of espresso and bramble. Long, lingering finish - really tasty stuff. Drinkable now, but I would give it another 2 years to fully integrate and enter its ideal window .

2/24/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

18k gold color. Sweet apricots and oranges on the nose . Thick, Unctuous texture with sweet satsumas and tons of apricots and Indian spices. Really excellent.

2/24/2024 - TexasBob wrote:

Deep gorgeous slightly cloudy ruby. Sour raspberries on the nose. Notes of sour plums and stale raspberries with a touch of cocoa powder; it is definitely on the downhill side of its life.

2/24/2024 - TexasBob wrote:

Rose gold color indicative of significant oxidation. Pomelo and tangerine marmalade on the nose. Very much oxidized with a hint of orange and breadfruit.

2/24/2024 - TexasBob wrote:

Gorgeous deep ruby color. Milk chocolate on the nose with ripe blueberries and some must. Pleasant with mixed fruit notes but nothing special.

2/23/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Medium-dark very clear ruby. Mexican chocolate, with vanillin and a touch of red berries on the nose. Sweet mulberries and blackberries on the attack with milk chocolate seamlessly integrated. There is also a curious mildly herbal note underlying the dominant notes listed above that lingers throughout the lengthy finish. Very well made and while the quasi port-like quality isn’t my preference I still enjoyed it greatly.

2/17/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Incredibly clear and super dark ruby. Cedar and intense blackberry on the nose. Sweet, intense blackberries on the attack with cinnamon stick and cedar underlying. Long, pleasantly bitter finish. Very nice.

2/17/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Super dark cloudy ruby. Incredibly intense red plum and dark chocolate on the nose. Intense blackberry, plum skin, and bramble with strong tannins. It shouldn’t be touched for another 5 years.

2/17/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Medium orange-ruby. Pungent fruit punch on the nose with a hint of crabapple and skittles. Deliciously sour raspberries dominate with killer acidity and a long mixed red fruit finish. Awesome stuff.

2/17/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Medium bright ruby with suspended gas. Kaleidoscope on the nose with a hint of barnyard and sweet red berries. Intense red berries with lip-smacking tannins. Not overly complex, but really well-made .

2/17/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Light rust red color. Sharp red berries on the nose . Watery texture with delicious light raspberries and wild strawberries. Quite tasty.

2/17/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Bright vivid, garnet with the touch of orange, and a hint of cloudiness. Mixed berries in the nose with a hint of cream. Soft velvety texture with cream, red berries, a touch of acrid funk, and a long cream and red cherry finish.

2/17/2024 - TexasBob wrote:

Vivid orange and crimson with plenty of cloudiness and sediment. Some skunk and sulphur and still-alive red fruit. Funky raspberries with a touch of sweetness. More of a Boomer cab than I tend to prefer.

2/14/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Gorgeous very deep ruby color. Navel oranges dominate on the nose. Tasty but with an outsized alcoholic presence with notes of strawberries and oranges. A bit of funk in the finish .

2/14/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Cloudy ruby with a slight orange tint. Sevilla orange and a little vanilla cream on the nose. Intense sour raspberries and orange bitters. This is definitely on the downside but has held up fantastically; the fruit is very alive, but I would strongly recommend drinking it within an hour of opening.

2/10/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Slightly cloudy dark garnet color. Fruit punch and mixed berries on the nose including blueberries and boysenberries, and a hint of smoked Steen’s syrup. A bit thin-bodied but very tasty with lots of wild strawberries on the attack that transitions to crisp cranberries with increasingly tannic presence into. Long finish. Really good.

2/10/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Very deep and dark ruby with zero color degradation. Sweet, ripe raspberries and red cherries and a touch of smokiness on the nose. Very fruit-forward with red cherries leading a panoply of red berriy notes. It lacks the nuance I have come to associate with Beaucastel but is still a well-made wine.

2/10/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Very pretty deep, bright crimson with zero color degradation. Sweet, ripe red cherries on the nose. Surprisingly sweet red cherries dominate throughout the palate with vibrant acids, and a pleasant contrasting sourness in the finish. I am really impressed that the fruit is still so alive. This was an education - not to my preference, but well-made and enjoyable.

2/10/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Highly reflective light gold color, very pretty. Mineral lime zest on the nose. Powerful and penetrating acids with lime zest notes as well as powerful minerality and a mild underlying sweetness that balances nicely with the acidity. Very tasty.

2/10/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Reflective medium gold color. Austere nose with citrus edges. Lime and lemon mineral notes, pretty tasty, with the very beginning of oxidation just appearing (which gives it a slightly woody finish).

2/9/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Very deep ruby-garnet. Highly floral bouquet of violets and underlying red and floral fruits. Intense, punch-in-the-mouth sweet black plum skin and blackberries followed by an abrupt ascent into a tannic black-fruit finish. A bit overly extracted in recent California style but very nice regardless.

2/9/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Deep dark crimson color. Intensely sweet red fruit and a hint of smoke on the nose. Similar tasting notes - sweet, mildly smoky strawberrries and sweet red plums on the nose.

2/9/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Light orange- crimson color. Wild strawberry and raspberry on the nose. Slightly green but sweet raspberries dominate.

2/9/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Very light green-yellow color. Fairly neutral on the nose. Sweet white and yellow fruits on the nose. Hard to describe but really, really delicious. Some sweet plantain and breadfruit notes on the finish.

2/9/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Cloudy crimson ruby color. Cocoa, dust and blackberry on the nose. Popping fruits with black raspberry, milk chocolate, and a blackberry Tamim finish with a hint of bramble.

2/8/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Very clear almost white color. Flint and minerals on the nose. Mineral lime fine with zipping acids. Soft texture. Very tasty and an excellent match with oysters.

2/8/2024 - TexasBob wrote:

Lovely very light rose color. Perhaps psychoolorically (yes I made that word up) flowering rose bushes (inclusive of the green leaves) dominate on the nose with a corn starch element. Similar on the palate; lots of green leafy notes with roses and raspberries. Too vegetal for my preferences with strong green leaf tannins that dominate the finish.

2/6/2024 - TexasBob Likes this wine:

Deep, dark clear ruby. Tamarind, Christmas spices, raspberries, and pomegranate on the nose. Silken viscous texture resplendent with red fruits.

2/6/2024 - TexasBob wrote:

Clear medium reflective ruby. Red licorice dominates on the nose with a subtext of red cherries. Red cherries lead the palate with underbites of pomegranate and Seville oranges. Sweet red fruit goes on forever in the finish accented with lovely tannins.