September 28, 2023 - From a half bottle.
Still driving very well. Balanced fruit and sweet oak. A few years left but excellent now.
June 16, 2023 - Entering maturity, there is still an upside to storage for more tertiary notes. I think the wine has the gumption to go too. Slo ox'ed for 3hrs at cellar temp. Served without decant.
Color is dark purple fading to a bricked rim, intense. Aroma is pronounced, and intense. Black currant black cherry, mint, oak, dusty chocolate/earth, and fermented tobacco leaf. Complex and inviting. In the mouth, the wine is full body, high alcohol, big mouthfeel. I get full glycol sweetness- lots of black cherry liqueur, combined with some silty tannins that really dry things out. The wine has the balance of a teeter-totter: one side with an elephant, opposite- another elephant. Flavors match the nose in intensity and description, you really feel that dusty cocoa though- the wine seems to be in a real happy spot as of now. Drink or hold in the next 10 or so years, well made.
May 14, 2023 - To add to the observations of others: this wine is still going strong at 2023, and can definitely be kept for longer if desired. The most interesting thing about it, to me, is how the taste/flavor profile changed over time. Don't forget to decant; there is a fair amount of sediment.
December 13, 2022 - With Peter at Bar Agricole. Great now, will go a few more years.
December 12, 2021 - Drinking very well - excellent Bordeaux blend, reaching maturity.
October 8, 2021 - elegant, medium bodied, more Bordeaux like CA cab. delicious and in a very good drinking spot. this wont gain in intensity or get better IMHO so good time to drink and enjoy.
June 26, 2021 - Really big blend of a lot of greatness. Complex right off the bat. Cherry and dark berries follow with hints of leather and tobacco. Easy, almost dry ending after the fruit.
January 30, 2021 - Spring Mountain Falcon Crest Tasting: Of all the wines in our tasting, the 2008 Elivette was the most open-knit and immediately enjoyable. It really sang by the end of our time on the mountain. Bushels upon bushels of cherry, menthol, bay leaf, smoke, and spice from the petit verdot and cab franc that feel very present in this Left Bank blend. It finishes short-to-medium, likely due to either the dry tannins or slightly high alcohol. Ready to drink now, this Spring Mountain will continue to evolve through the decade.
December 25, 2020 - Great wine! Enjoyed Christmas Eve 2020
Soft texture. Dark fruit. Moderate body. Mid acidity
June 19, 2020 - This Elivette is simply awesome. A full bordeaux blend, its fruit forward, rich, inky and unctuous with hints of black fruit, roses, spice, cassis, coffee.
Tasting at the winery, buying several!