August 27, 2023 - Sunday night dinner in Marietta (Sommelier Guild of Atlanta) (Marietta, GA): paired well with the chocolate cake
April 14, 2023 - Raisins, carob, molasses, and buttery popcorn note on the bouquet and palate. Concentrated, balanced, and delicious. Easy to like.
March 7, 2023 - A nice desert wine, not too sweet but complex flavors
February 25, 2023 - Another fun experience. Excellent concentration, structure, and balance. Agreeable rusticity underlies the power. Non-cloying.
January 18, 2023 - Edgy upon pulling the cork. The wine needs an hour or two of air to reveal its character. Noteworthy concentration, substance, and overall character. 89-90.
November 29, 2022 - Over two days.
Concentrated, well-structured, balanced. Typical bouquet and profile. Whatever it lacks in complexity it makes up for with commanding presence and substance. Highly enjoyable!
September 23, 2022 - Rimage is the unaged style of Banyuls
This has much changed since last I had a taste from this bottle. On a descent.
A: Deep garnet
N: Medium nose of prunes, violets, thyme, lavender, candied pomegranate, rhubarb
P: Medium sweet, medium (+) acidity, medium (+) sandy tannin, medium (+) intensity, medium body, medium finish
C: I think more acidity is needed for the sugar. Sugar sticking around for a long time. Not refreshing. The intensity of red and black fruit, florals and herbs is carried through to rather clipped finish. This bottle has been open for a long time. Its a good quality wine but I would have the rasteau over this any time.
June 3, 2022 - D5 DipWSET FORTIFIED WINES - home prep; 6/2/2022-6/3/2022: A: Deep garnet
N: Medium (+) nose of Prune, black cherry, candied violet, bay leaf, cooked RHUBARB, molasses, white pepper
P: Medium sweet, high acidity, medium (+) sandy tannins, low alcohol, medium (+) intensity and long finish
C: acid and sweetness are in harmony here. Ideal length and great intensity and complex. Outstanding quality wine.
I think Rhubarb may be my "tell" for these red VDNs
April 11, 2022 - Good, but felt like there was something missing - not sure what. The fruit was a little muddled maybe. Still a good after dinner drink.
October 30, 2021 - Cranberry, red currant pie. Sweet.