January 7, 2024 - More interesting than it has any right to be, light and silky with red berries.
September 21, 2023 - Light, fruity, interesting summer porch wine.
August 3, 2023 - Scents of sour candied fruit and IPA beer!
The tannin level is about med plus.
The body is a little watery.
May 19, 2023 - medium intensity
ruby to slight garnet rim
bright red cherries and sweet vanilla nose
medium plus acidity
medium plus alcohol
medium body
Red fruit, slight pith
Somewhat dry but very fine tannin
Pinot fans will like this longer finish, dryer red fruit more elegant wine.
April 29, 2023 - This is not good. Taste like grape juice gone slightly bad. Could have been a bad bottle but nothing to compare it to
February 4, 2023 - Blackberry and hops.
December 5, 2022 - tiniest bit of brown starting to creep in. otherwise, transparent almost like a watered down barolo or something. this bottle had a great deal of sediment on the cork, but decanting with a fine metal strainer left no discernable negative effect on the wine.
the nose is something that i can't quite place, but is extremely specific. the red haribo gummi bears? cherry jolly rancher? that's what hits me first, but there's nice cranberry, raspberry, and some herbal-y (barrel?) spice-y notes nicely integrated as well.
wonderful balance between ripeness and freshness in the fruit. minerally (at least what i think people mean by that hah). super silky mouthfeel, like if you suck on a haribo gummi bear, where it's almost a thick, silky, glycerin-y feel. but i'm fairly sure the effect is accomplished via alternative means. absolutely dry wine, despite my gummi bear comparisons. finish isn't quite as impressive as everything else with this wine so far, which is maybe the only let down in my opinion.
wonderful food wine, extremely quaffable. love this wine.
November 24, 2022 - Served as a pre - Thanksgiving dinner wine with appetizers of cheeses and cured meat. A crowd favorite among my guests, always have a bottle in the cellar.
October 28, 2022 - In my opinion, the 2016 vintage was better than this one. I found the nose to be of tropical fruit. First sips were bright and lacking the usual red berry fruit. The finish was long and a little dry compared to other vintages. As the bottle opened up, started to get the red berry fruit, but slight. Had numerous prior vintages of this wine, and this one is definitely different. Still an enjoyable and fun wine to drink. Paired with a vegetarian farro and spinach dish
August 15, 2022 - Meh…