March 9, 2024 - Pop and pour, drank half the bottle over 2 hours. Nicely restrained, savory with olives, smoked meats, underbrush and red fruit.
January 22, 2022 - WIML93
Tasted non blind.
Dark garnet to purple color in the glass, clear looking throughout. nose of leather, cigar box, plums and currants. Flavors of currants, plums and cherries. Medium acidity, medium tannin, full bodied. Drink or hold.
July 24, 2020 - Holy schnikes....this may be the best rendition of Sleepy Hollow syrah I've had to date. Sensual and suave on the palate that delivers a mouthful of meat, earth, dark berries, and a soy/umami undertone. This bottle kept building and building like a freight train rolling down the track with the last glass being the best glass after 4+ hours open. Joe's '08 are on-point and, in my opinion, the best vintage across the board for Arcadian since the 2005's. Damn.
May 23, 2019 - Really a ringer for a nice hermitage. A hint of Brett, smoky bacon, white pepper and dark brambly fruit on the nose. Still pretty tight and a touch tannic on the palate, but nice crunchy fruit and acidity. Lovely wine that punches way above its price point!
December 18, 2018 - Pizza Dinner with Arcadian Winemaker Joe Davis (Darren Howard's home): pizza dinner at Darren Howard's with Arcadian winemaker Joe Davis
December 7, 2017 - OK - this is the first time I am experiencing "barnyard funK" and now I can appreciate the term! However; once you get past it (it dissipates within 30 mins), the underlying is northern Rhone like - savory, meaty with mild fruit in the background.
November 18, 2017 - There was a lot of barnyard funk here that was fun and in my wheelhouse, but a bit too much. It took a long time to blow off. This has a similar profile to Northern Rhone, except slightly more ripe red fruit. This is a good wine to serve people who feel that Aussie and American syrah is too big. It is not a small wine, it carries itself well.
September 17, 2017 - Nice tasty syrah- CA fruit but not over the top, herbs and underbrush noted; balanced and accessible.
June 1, 2017 - As delicious as the last bottle.
May 25, 2017 - Wonderful dark berry and currant on the nose and palate with white pepper notes and tasty acidity on the moderate finish.