December 15, 2022 - At peak !! Like a baby Châteauneuf-du-Pape !!
I agree with my note of just over two months ago. Consumed at dinner with friends, A delightful experience for all. I only wish I had more remaining in my cellar.
October 3, 2022 - Amazingly good and in a really great spot !!
Consumed with friends alongside other great Rhone varietals. Perfect cork after over a decade in the bottle. Dark burgundy color with no evidence of oxidation, clarity medium. Aromas of blackberry, cherry, and Garrique. Flavors of rhubarb, black cherry, and rose hips with a hint of licorice with a long finish. A very balanced flavorful Rhone blend of 87% Syrah, 10% Mourvèdre, and 3% Grenache from Willow Creek District of Paso Robles in the Central Coast. This is an age worthy wine with more years of life left, fortunately I still have one bottle of this vintage remaining in my cellar. Great fruit and a great winemaking effort by Matt Trevisan.
December 21, 2021 - Decanted 4 hours. Tasted along side 2009 Saxum Jane's Berry. Deep ruby color. Still had plenty of life in it, but it's just about perfect right now. Dark cherry, licorice, pepper flavors on the palate. Served with grilled beef. Fan favorite of the evening. With decant, perfectly smooth, integrated, great balance of fruit and acidity.
October 21, 2021 - Nose of crushed red berry, some violet. Great balance of delicate black raspberry, red cherry with some subtle spice on the finish. Very refined, still with solid tannic structure.
September 25, 2020 - 11 years old and riding strong on Paso acid. May be prime, but certainly not past it.
April 22, 2020 - Lovely rich effusive maraschino cherry nose with varnishy organic nose, lushly flavored with med low acid, long finish. A tad flabby but lovely in a very ripe style-too ripe to live much longer
May 1, 2019 - Heat green cedar cigar nose, this is where it gets good, rich full bodied. Leather tobacco currants blue berry jam custard, 45 seconds+ finish balanced
March 17, 2019 - Stunning. Drank after a quick decant. All the alcohol has dissipated. Wine is at it's peak now.
February 9, 2018 - Black and purple fruit in nose and palate with some underlying spice and leather. Wonderful complex wine with smooth long finish.
November 25, 2017 - Rich dark berry fruits in the nose and flavor. Blackberries, black cherries, tobacco, and some leather in the nose. Plums, black cherries, and currants in the flavor, with hints of spice in the long finish. Well balanced wine with nice complexity and full body. Definitely in the 93/94 range.