July 25, 2013 - Beautiful smoky finish, quite unusual and yet maintained a sophisticated quality that I quite enjoyed
January 12, 2012 - Big and juicy. Delicious if that is what you want. Long finish and decent structure. Good with chicken with pomegranate sauce.
July 4, 2011 - Chambord in color, with floral and red fruit scents, this Hell's Kitchen did show
some heat on the nose, which faded after a the 4 hour vinturi wine aeration.
Full-blown red cherry, wild berry and underbrush with a rich chocolate beam
throughout. Displayed good balance and a lift on the finish which offers pretty
nutmeg and spice. This wine blend was showy to start but lost steam as the
evening progressed. Drink now
June 17, 2011 - Better after 90 min decant, then faded after 3 hours
March 26, 2011 - Drank at Tuscany in napa with filet mignon
June 12, 2010 - Bought this bottle at the Paso Robles winery's tasting room for $48. We decanted for about an hour and drank with Arthur's mushroom-encrusted lamb loin. This is a wondrful GSM-type red blend (40% Syrah, 28% Grenache, 16% Tannat, and 16% Mourvedre). This is a fantastic red blend. The nose provides a hint as to the wine's oakiness, earthiness, and spiciness. The flavor profile is pure Paso GSM: TONS of pepper, ripe black and red fruits (especially plums and blackberries), a generous helping of earth and oak (LOVE that Paso terroir), with an elegant, smooth, well-controlled finish that lingers for just the pefect amount of time. Outside of Chateauneuf du Pape (and Tablas Creek), this is about as good as a GSM gets. It went lovely with the lamb loin but would also pair very well with grilled steaks, lamb shanks, and duck breast. This is a fantastically well-balanced GSM-type blend; lovely and delicious black/red fruit, the PERFECT amount of oak and earth, with a very-well-balanced amount of tannins and a slightly-high amount of alacohol (16%). This is delicious and fairly-priced for a California quality GSM. You could do worse, but it would be difficult to do better for the price. Well done.......
February 3, 2010 - well made wine. Nose of some earth and black fruits with notes of ripe blueberries, blackberries and soem earth ends with medium finish with nice silky mouthfeel.
December 27, 2009 - Raisin, blackberry?, currant
Best decanted---1 hour
Very nice
October 29, 2009 - Value = 82. 1 hour decant. Had at a friend's and it was great.
Deep purple. Sweet, pure black fruit throughout with velvety tannins. Everyone enjoyed it.