December 6, 2020 - Bright dark cranberry hue. Subtle earthy dark fruit nose. Soft, easy drinking, mellow, red fruits. 100% Pinot Noir bottled in 2008 only 6450 cases. Glad to find this bottle stuck away in the cellar. Surprising-- nicely aged.
October 7, 2017 - PnP. Clean and bright still with tart cherry and some pepper. Very nice, smooth, well constucted, nice progression and finish. Holding up well after a decade.
September 3, 2017 - Still cruising along but drink now.
August 31, 2017 - Really nice mature Pinot. How's a few years to go.
August 29, 2016 - Nice berries and cherries with an earthy finish.
May 25, 2015 - Best the first day.
January 13, 2015 - Slightly over the hump age-wise, but still good. Smooth cherries and strawberry, but the body is thinning out a bit. Still some structure and finesse present...
July 26, 2014 - PNP, alcohol on the nose, very tart cherry, very tart cranberry, dry tart finish that acutely turns dry at the very end, did I mention tart! Smoothed out a bit with time, with some earthy notes that started to come through. Somewhat one dimensional, still a food friendly PN. Paired with 3" thick bone in pork chop, very nice match had this bottle in a cool cellar since early 2008. Based on this bottle, not going to improve but plenty of life left!
July 25, 2014 - Good, but perhaps slightly past its peak. A clear step down from the 2005 Argyle Nuthouse we had days earlier. 88-89.
June 25, 2014 - Wednesday Afternoon Offline (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Medium dark red color. PNP, drank 1+ glass over 90 minutes. Hedonistic on the nose and palate, fruit forward, ripe, vanilla, strawberry, cherry, briar. The palate is medium plus bodied for pinot and has a nice texture, strawberry cream soda, cherry, briar, wood spices, medium plus finish. Probably at its peak now. 91+pts.