December 13, 2023 - Beautiful nose with a generous but slightly oaky on the finish. A great wine that was the wine of the evening until we opened a 2009 Hewitt which was truly magnificent. I got blackberry, density, and spices on the finish. My lone bottle.
December 2, 2022 - Glad I waited a couple more years.
Decanted 2 hrs drank over 2 more. It still took a little time to open but when it did it was very enjoyable. Good primary fruit, muted soil and loamy flavors. Ok depth and concentration, but nothing to wow a crowd. Still a great wine from a great place.
Might seek more out in excellent years, but prefer other Howell moutain producers that are in the same price range.
This still has another 5+ years id well stored, but not the 10+ that I thought a couple years ago.
August 20, 2022 - Decanted..poured through an aerator and then let sit for an hour in the decanter at cellar temp.....drank over the next 4 hours. This wine is still an infant....alcohol and tannins are at the forefront. Even after four hours, this wine still showed plenty of tannin, but the alcohol did calm down. Fruit definitely emerged with about an hour after it was poured with cassis and blackberry at the forefront. Also showed some slight earth notes and bitter chocolate. This wine will likely be much better in a few years, but I tfear it is still at least 5 years from showing its true potential. 92 at hour 4....should improve a couple points or more with more time in the cellar. Would recommend an overnight decant if drinking soon.
February 17, 2021 - Corked
January 27, 2021 - blackberries, baked plum, tobacco, olive, coffee, chocolate, vanilla and dried herbs.
Nice mouthfeel that’s lush but not overbearing, acidity is there and a nice lift of red berries on the back palate.
I seek this table out every year at TOHM. Solid stuff
December 11, 2020 - Very good, needs time. Opened last year and thats not enough. Good now, will very good in 5 years.
September 2, 2020 - Excellent nose with cedar, firewood, and figs. Dark fruit through the mid palate with still strong tannins. Could easily age another 5 to 7 years. Still pretty oaky and alcohol/heat left but ton of upside potential. Great QPR!
November 1, 2019 - Fantastic wine, but too soon in my opinion. Great dark and some red fruit flavors. Medium plus tannins, medium acidity, these wines are built to be opened at 8-15 years of age.
Will buy some of the 2015s and keep my remaining 13 for several more years. Could be the strong, hot 13 vintage but this wine has a decade or 2 ahead of it.
The wine had about a 3 hour decant and was enjoyed with food. Again amazing wine, but be patient and you'll be rewarded.
December 17, 2018 - This was really good. Deep purple. oak, vanilla, chocolate aroma. Fruit, vanilla with tannins. Drank well tonight from the get go, even better as the night rolled on. Drink now or hold, will be good for ten + years.
April 14, 2018 - Still quite young with a firm tannic backbone, but nice rich fruit to balance it out and still approachable out of the bottle, but surely this will be better in 2-4 years and will potentially improve from beyond there as well.