June 30, 2023 - Nice, resolved but delicious. Tannin and acidity have faded, fruit is a touch sweeter than something like Puffeney but it is cali. Tastes of trousseau though and it’s a very nice wine. Not sure it’s a whole lot “better” than it was when young, but both stages are certainly delicious. Nice wine!!
January 26, 2022 - PnP, followed over a few days. Savory, but with a purity of fruit that cuts through, riding on the well balanced acidity. Lightly perfumed on the nose. Clean, with more body on the palate than I would have expected based on the light color. Great clarity.
January 26, 2022 - Consistent with prior notes. Sad this was my last bottle.
June 30, 2021 - Yep.
You know that feeling when you cellar a bottle for a few years and you open it up at some point and take one sip and it makes you feel like a genius?
November 24, 2020 - Consumed over the course of three days and not much change over that time but this is simply a wonderful wine and for the cost, positively stunning.
Pours a really pretty, clear, pale rouge, with a tinge of peach along the edges; light enough that you expect something along the lines of a darker Rose or maybe and Orange wine but the fruit is much darker, deeper and richer than those styles of wine; stems and strawberry on the nose, with a subtle spice undertone and maybe some orange zest; crisp and refreshing spiced strawberry and crunch, tart cranberry fruit on the front-end of the palate and then a nice savoriness of white pepper and bright tomato in the middle and on the back end; the savory characteristics show more as the wine warms to room temperature; a lot of bright acid still holds this together.
This wine drinks well in its young age with bright, crunchy, fresh fruit being the center, but after 6 years of sitting sideways, the savory character has pushed through the fruit and really makes this wine interesting. It's a joy to drink both young and with a little age. Curious how it will evolve over the next several years...
September 8, 2020 - Purple flowers on the nose. Creamy, quaffable strawberry, touch of spice. Light/medium bodied, medium acidity. Hard to stop drinking this.
July 24, 2020 - Consistent with prior note, but seems like the wine has added just a bit of weight with some more time in the cellar. Drinking beautifully now.
May 2, 2020 - Lovely wine. Light but more there than meets the eye. Really nice acidity to go with the strawberry notes. A bit weightless but be careful there is plenty of wine here.
March 11, 2020 - Pours very light but that is deceptive as this has fairly deep and way darker fruit than the color suggests this is not a glou-glou strawberry confection! Good acidity and some earthy secondary notes. I really need to buy some of the reds on the next sandlands release...
March 4, 2020 - Light garnet red in appearance. Lots of strawberries on the nose with bramble berries, branches, herbs and gravel. Light tannins (4.5/10) with a medium minus to medium body. Fresh and well rounded palate with notes of purple flowers, strawberries, raspberries, a hint of herbs and light spices. Medium plus finish. Drink till 2025.