November 30, 2018 - I love this wine. It’s seamless, fully integrated, and opens to meat, asphalt, and tasty, black and blue fruit notes over gravelly minerality and a suggestion of milk chocolate and black tea on the back end. Such a lovely articulation of place. The only shame is that only 298 cases were produced.
April 9, 2016 - Interestingly more fruit forward than prior bottles. Still nice. Ready to drink.
September 27, 2015 - Consistent with prior notes. Complex, balanced. Dark fruit shows more than pepper and savory notes. Looking forward to seeing how this evolves. Tremendous value.
May 25, 2015 - Similar to prior notes. This wine keeps getting better. Unbelievable QPR.
December 26, 2014 - Agree with Jeff Leve's tasting note. Cote Rotie without the funk. Excellent value.
March 11, 2014 - Named after the famous hill in Cote Rotie, due to its blend of 95% Syrah and 5% Viognier, there is a lot of ripe black raspberry, pepper, jam, fennel and vanilla bean characteristics in this round, open style of California Syrah.
March 21, 2013 - Jammy blueberry, coffee and a hint of fig and brown sugar. Opened this 2 days ago and enjoyed it the first evening as well when it as drier with cherry flavor and a little stemmy.