February 7, 2024 - Long finish, Dark fruit and some minerality. Bottle opened for 45 minutes, then drank well over two hours. Cork in great shape.
February 1, 2024 - Another flawed 2012 Bone Ash from Winebid. Cork very dry and broke.
December 6, 2023 - Flawed bottle from winebid
November 30, 2023 - PnP. Held up over two hours. Beautiful bottle drinking very well now. Still has time.
October 25, 2023 - Beautiful wine. Fir, graphite, lead, lots of cherry, more mineral overall than fruity, but still plenty of currant and fruit forward flavors. Very balanced tannins and mouth feel. Served w grass fed reverse seared fillet from the Green Egg. Perfect drinking date now, 12 years out.
July 5, 2023 - Good to go with <30 mins in the decanter. Very fruit forward, lots of blackberry, cassis, small amounts of red fruit and blueberry. Some oak remaining. Well integrated tannins hit, with well balanced acid and a long, did I mention long... finish. Started to get a bit alcoholic and overpowering at the end of the bottle, but put it back in the fridge again for 20 mins which quietened down the alcohol. I do really love the Bone Ash, it's a fantastic counterpoint to my preferred more classical Bordeaux, and goes to show that one can successfully enjoy both old school Bordeaux, and new world HOT Cabernet. 94pts
March 3, 2023 - Decanted 90 minutes. Beautiful wine, still has time.
September 18, 2022 - Really interesting wine. Dark garnet brooding in the glass. Plenty of dark black cherry on the nose. This translated to a very full palate coating dark fruit experience with some Coca Cola On the back end. Really tasty and enjoyable!
July 10, 2022 - This wine is finally coming around at the 10 year mark. The fruit is mouth filling, but not overbearing as it was previously. I wish I had another bottle in the cellar, as I believe this may continue to improve. Best attribute of this wine is a long finish.
June 3, 2022 - Quite flat. Very different from earlier tastings of the same wine. Could be the bottle, or, could be simply be past it's age. Recommend if you have some in your cellar, open or coravin to try. No rating as I know what this wine is like and would not downgrade based on time in the bottle.