Time has been good to this wine. PnP. Opens with red cherry, strawberry, raspberry, spice, black tea aromas. Medium body with lots of flavor. Raspberry, wild berry, red cherry, strawberry, anise, black tea, spice and stems. Soft tannin in the finish. Good balance and acidity. My last bottle, but still a lot of life left.
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Red fruits, orange peel, herbal and spice with decent concentration. A bit of tannin but not hurting it at all. No rush, still fairly primary and may improve a little. Medium finish with excellent texture
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This wine impressed - light/medium body with a nice roundness of fruit, at a very/immediately accessible point in its aging curve. Nice balance of pomegranate/plum fruit and clean-ish earth (pencil?).
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PnP. Beautiful aroma with tart cherry, strawberry, raspberry, spice and black tea. Medium body. Flavors of raspberry, tart cherry, wild berry, anise, black tea, spice and stems Soft tannin in the finish. Showing very well. A beautiful match to Asian spiced chicken.
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PnP.Very aromatic with tart cherry, strawberry, raspberry, spice, black tea. Medium body. Raspberry, wild berry, anise, black tea, spice and stems on the palate. Soft tannin in the finish. Showing very well.
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Opened, poured na let sit ab out 45 min. Then: Reddish fruit on the nose. Taste is reddish/sweetish fruit, maybe a hint of citrus, but relatively muted; good balance; acidity and tannins OK, except towards the end of the glass (1/2 hr after first sip), tannins get a bit drying/grippy to the detriment of the low-key taste. Close to my 12/11/2022 note. Pleasant drink, but expected more.
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Opened, poured and let sit about 40 min. Then: Red fruit on the nose. Taste is reddish fruit, maybe some orange toward the finish; nice balance and mouthfeel; mid-weight+. Tannins aren't an issue until the finish and by the end of the glass are fairly noticeable to the detriment of the finish. Finish seems a bit on the weak side and shorter than you would expect. I haven't had much luck with Kutch pinots in the past, but this was nice. Had another glass of this from bottle recorked overnight: Sweetish fruit, maybe some spice and floral notes, but all on the modest side. Still not much finish, although tannins are less of an issue. Pleasant, not as nice/interesting as yesterday. I have at least 1-2 more of these and I don't think I'll wait much longer to drink them.
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Took a sip right after opening and it was pretty tight, so let it sit for an hour. At that point the seeds and stems were much more integrated and made the tasting a journey. From plum and strawberry fruit it wanders through the garden while picking up a little food-friendly brightness before finishing at the edge of the forest. Very nice example of the old world style Jamie does so well.
12/26/2022 Had alongside an AP Vin Pinot and the tightness was much more noticeable. Two very different styles and without a food pairing, this wine didn't shine.
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PnP. Great aromatics immediately. Red cherry, strawberry, raspberry, spice, black tea aromas. Medium body loaded with flavor. Raspberry, wild berry, anise, black tea, spice and stems. Soft tannin in the finish. Showing well, but has plenty of time ahead.
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Kutch Verticals--Trout Gulch, McDougall and Falstaff: Vertical (non-blind) of McDougall, 2010 -2021. We did not taste the 2011 (no one owned it) nor 2014 and 2018 (stupid COVID forced the owners to have to miss the tasting) and the 2021 was a tank sample that Jamie pulled for us and shipped down for the tasting (being bottled next week so it's the final composition). This ratchets up the density and power. Lots of fruit that is wrapped around the whole cluster that remains. The fruit tone here is a mix of blue and red, with savory leather from the stems I presume. It reminds me too of the juicy quality of the 2012.
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Almost exactly a year ago I said don’t open my last bottle for several more years. Well I was in the cellar, in the mood for a Kutch Pinot, and this was at hand. I am sad this was my last bottle. It has fully turned a corner, and is now developing into a complex, aromatically fascinating wine with years and years to go. Earthy, loamy, leafy aromas are supplementing the still vibrant fruit. The structure is still evident, and in balance with the fruit. It has deepened even over the last year, and in a way feels younger, but better than it did a year ago.
I have several bottles of the 2012 buried somewhere, and I wonder where they stand. Time for an excavation project. I do know that I will be burying my 2017 and 2018 in a dark corner. These wines have earned my respect and admiration. I will afford them the cellar time to show their best.
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Nose: juicy plum and stems Palate: plums and blackberries with some spice and grippy tannins on the finish. This needs more time and is built to age.
After a few hours the fruit centralized in that plum family and those grippy tannins melted away. Just need a quick decant if going to open another soon.
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Pop and pour. Enjoyed over a 5 hour period. Saved some under a RePour stopper. Garnet color. Nose offers herbal notes - whole cluster - and some wild strawberries. The strawberries/red fruits show on the intro, with some herbal and apple skin to follow. Improves with air as the whole cluster note seems to diminish and the other components take on a stronger voice. Enjoyable.
Last time I opened one of these was when we visited Jamie up at his pad in SFO back in July 2019. I dug the wine then, well, I consistently dig the McDougall plot, what I call "Dougie" for shorthand. Decided to have some red wine tonight, the 15 Dougie was it! This is labeled at 12.7%, and if I recall correctly, this sees zero new wood. And, it's crafted with close to (or completely) whole cluster stem inclusion. When I opened this a little while ago, it was silky and polished, showing the Kutch flair. After about an hour, and with a touch of added chill, the stems started to breathe through the aromatic, giving off a cracked spice note. The fruit is pure with the structure is woven through the core of the wine in a subtle way telling me it's there. Just enough of that grip to tighten the wine, just enough. Red apple, dark strawberry, raspberry, even a little creaminess, which then mixes with some acidity of blood orange. Finishes with a stony quality from the structure, yet lithe and medium weighted. If there is one California Plot Noir producer I would tell people to try, it's Jamie's wines. Bottle after bottle, you're gonna find complexity, balance and purity. This is why I sock into my cellar every year a couple cases of Jamie's new releases, as they age beautifully like this 2015, a real class. Bravo, Jamie.
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Opened several hours in advance of dinner, as I anticipated it might need a lot of air. An early taste was imposing, but promising. Dark fruit and rich earth tones dominated to the exclusion of any structure or nuance. Two hours later there’s a little space developing between the main components, allowing for spice and warm herbs to join the aromatic melange, and a bit of acid to create a light structural frame. Another hour in, and there’s a hint of tannin. After a total of four hours it’s a broader tapestry. The elements are the same, but they are woven together in a cohesive pattern. The balance says more time is welcome. I won’t broach my other bottle for a few more years. Drink now with lots of air/decanting, or hold for a while longer. This has serious potential.
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92+ as this wine is still young. The aromatics are so amazing. Nice tension of fruit and acid and suspect it will gain complexity with a bit more time. Further proof that Jamie crafts awesome wines!
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drinking very well at such an early age in spite of the aromatics lacking-when this opens up it will be great. My guess is, we will need to wait quite a few years for that to come around. I decanted this for 6 hours checking it every couple of hours to follow it prior to it being served which worked well.
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Didn't enjoy this bottle as much as last. Kind of agree with some of my notes about the last bottle though. It's missing some lift and the aromatics are surprisingly lacking. I'll hold the last bottle for a couple more years and see what develops.
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Drank this with a bunch of west coast PN. The McDougall, as always was one of the top wines. Light red colored, low alcohol fruit shows so much soil, earth, dry forest perceptions, spices. Man I love this wine.
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Xmas eve Pinot number 1. Nose open for business. Whole cluster notes present. Red fruited with a maybe a bit of plum thrown in. Not as acidic as expected so less bright toned and more grounded and round. Wife raved about this. I thought very nice but I think it woud have benefited from some more acidic brightness. 2 more to follow over next few years.
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July 2019 Kutch Visit (Jamie's Pad in SFO): Drank as part of a 5 bottle flight of McDougall (2010 non-blind, with the 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2018 tasted blind, along with a 2018 Bohan Graveyard that was put in as a ringer). When I tasted this wine at our Kutch dinner with Jamie at my place back in November 2018, it stood out as one of my wines of the night. Had not tasted it since so was good to get another look at it. Yesterday, we tasted the wine and it seemed to show some stems on the nose, a little peppery. The palate? Smooth and balanced. Also what I noted was some opulence and youth, almost giving off a barrel-sample quality, all of that jamminess that comes with a young wine. Seductive red fruit. On Day 2, I retasted this again at room temp, and I get the same stems on the aromatic. The palate remains delicious, and my notes say balance with a good density. A mix of dark berry, rocky tannin, stony, with power, showing a tight finish. This 2015 is going to go a long time, and this bottle confirms the terrific quality, stuffing and future for what's to come. Excellent vintage for McDougall.
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Thought this was quite nice. Dark brooding red fruit, like a pommard or maybe a moulin a vent bojo. Lots of acid, sizzly on the tongue. Forest floor, earth, very feral. Young and wild. Will drink well for quite some time. Nice bottle.
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This bottle was very natural vine alike, had 13 and liked IT a lot, seems like jamie is moving in a diffrent direction from his 13 vintage, sonoma coast was the same in this 15( loved the 13)
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Kutch and Model Farm dinner at my place in the OC (My House In The South OC): Holy crap this is drinking beautifully. Exotic aromatics with just a light imprint of whole cluster. Dark, powerful, with incredible intensity. Iron, herb, dark red fruit and solid structure. The acidity and fruit carry this wine through a long finish. I have some leftover from last night, plan to taste later today and see what the additional aeration did for the wine but clearly my WOTN from the dinner and yet another testament to the quality Jamie made with the 2015 vintage (for which the 2015 Sonoma Coast, although not tasted last night, remains one of my personal favorite PN wines I have had all year, too).
Wow, this wine is in a really good place right now, and even better for me, I can see the trajectory in the wine based on how the structure came through the glass today. Juicy, with medium weight of blue and red fruit. The flavors are vivid, pure. Bright, wound up well with some tannin that comes across in a slate-like way. Really just a beautiful glass of PN and indicative of the quality and craft that Jamie is kicking out.
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Cherry nose concrete mineral tastes with an organic stem flavor very earthy needs to open up over three hours before it truly comes into good form. Garnet in color very light low alcohol 12.7%
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Still needs some time to develop. Right now it's wound pretty tight around a sour cherry core. I enjoyed it but the wife was not a fan. She felt it leaned too sour.
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Heady floral nose with some hints of smoke and stem underneath the very primary berries. Sweet slightly spritzy fruit on the palate with good acid support, fresh but with good density. Attractive, forward, and delicious, maybe a little ungainly. Looking forward to seeing how this wine evolves. 50 + 17 + 15 + 7 = 89.
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California Vacation (Sonoma, SF, Monterey); 8/5/2017-8/12/2017: Tasted at winery. Great opportunity to taste this while the offer was open (spoiler alert: I bought some!) Really nice raspberry, red cherry, and red plum notes. The fruit on this is so pretty. Layered textures show some complexity and spice. Soft tannins give this a little power. Everything in perfect balance.
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Kutch 2015 Lineup (Maro Grill, Laguna Beach): This was dark colored, maybe not as dark at the Falstaff but it was close regardless. More magenta color here, though. Mild cherry nose and red raspberry. Taste young, no problem, and the tannins are drying. Much more so than all the other wines. It would scrape your tongue clean. medium plus mouthfeel. This changed with air towards the end of the night as it began to open up. Very nice wine, just young. It and the SC AVA are just too tight and disjointed right now to even mess with, why ruin a great wine by opening before it can blossom.
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2015 Kutch Wines....Done Blind With The Gang (Maro Wood Grill in Laguna Beach, CA): Served blind, as part of our detailed look at all of the Kutch 2015s. Good 'ol McDougall, what I call Dougie for short. Here is where Jamie and I differ on the wine, as I think he tends to see Dougie and Falstaff being similar in how they reflect power. They both for me have intensity, yet I continue to find the Dougire more approachable when young, and even last night, I had thought that the Dougie was in fact the Sonoma Coast. Why? It showed the same approachable quality, was flashy and generous. It did share the same kind of aromatic as the Falstaff too, with the dried purple flower note and the whole cluster aromatic but it wasn't coiled like the Falstaff, which led me to think Sonoma Coast. And funny as it may seem for those who know the Kutch wines, I actually like the Sonoma Coast better in 2015 than the Dougie, at least for what I found last night. The Dougie today lives to its pedigree, as it is dark and quite present in flavors. Delicious.
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12/19/2023 - gharter Likes this wine: 91 Points
Time has been good to this wine. PnP. Opens with red cherry, strawberry, raspberry, spice, black tea aromas. Medium body with lots of flavor. Raspberry, wild berry, red cherry, strawberry, anise, black tea, spice and stems. Soft tannin in the finish. Good balance and acidity. My last bottle, but still a lot of life left.
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5/20/2023 - yossarian.livez wrote: 90 Points
Red fruits, orange peel, herbal and spice with decent concentration. A bit of tannin but not hurting it at all. No rush, still fairly primary and may improve a little. Medium finish with excellent texture
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5/8/2023 - Jahull03 wrote:
This wine impressed - light/medium body with a nice roundness of fruit, at a very/immediately accessible point in its aging curve. Nice balance of pomegranate/plum fruit and clean-ish earth (pencil?).
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4/1/2023 - gharter Likes this wine: 92 Points
PnP. Beautiful aroma with tart cherry, strawberry, raspberry, spice and
black tea. Medium body. Flavors of raspberry, tart cherry, wild berry, anise, black tea, spice and stems Soft tannin in the finish. Showing very well. A beautiful match to Asian spiced chicken.
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3/9/2023 - gharter Likes this wine: 90 Points
PnP.Very aromatic with tart cherry, strawberry, raspberry, spice,
black tea. Medium body. Raspberry, wild berry, anise, black tea, spice and stems on the palate. Soft tannin in the finish. Showing very well.
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3/4/2023 - Quiller wrote: 89 Points
Opened, poured na let sit ab out 45 min. Then: Reddish fruit on the nose. Taste is reddish/sweetish fruit, maybe a hint of citrus, but relatively muted; good balance; acidity and tannins OK, except towards the end of the glass (1/2 hr after first sip), tannins get a bit drying/grippy to the detriment of the low-key taste. Close to my 12/11/2022 note. Pleasant drink, but expected more.
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12/11/2022 - Quiller wrote: 90 Points
Opened, poured and let sit about 40 min. Then: Red fruit on the nose. Taste is reddish fruit, maybe some orange toward the finish; nice balance and mouthfeel; mid-weight+. Tannins aren't an issue until the finish and by the end of the glass are fairly noticeable to the detriment of the finish. Finish seems a bit on the weak side and shorter than you would expect. I haven't had much luck with Kutch pinots in the past, but this was nice. Had another glass of this from bottle recorked overnight: Sweetish fruit, maybe some spice and floral notes, but all on the modest side. Still not much finish, although tannins are less of an issue. Pleasant, not as nice/interesting as yesterday. I have at least 1-2 more of these and I don't think I'll wait much longer to drink them.
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8/11/2022 - underwds wrote: 92 Points
Took a sip right after opening and it was pretty tight, so let it sit for an hour. At that point the seeds and stems were much more integrated and made the tasting a journey. From plum and strawberry fruit it wanders through the garden while picking up a little food-friendly brightness before finishing at the edge of the forest. Very nice example of the old world style Jamie does so well.
12/26/2022 Had alongside an AP Vin Pinot and the tightness was much more noticeable. Two very different styles and without a food pairing, this wine didn't shine.
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7/31/2022 - gharter Likes this wine: 90 Points
PnP. Great aromatics immediately. Red cherry, strawberry, raspberry, spice,
black tea aromas. Medium body loaded with flavor. Raspberry, wild berry, anise, black tea, spice and stems. Soft tannin in the finish. Showing well, but has plenty of time ahead.
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7/10/2022 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Kutch Verticals--Trout Gulch, McDougall and Falstaff: Vertical (non-blind) of McDougall, 2010 -2021. We did not taste the 2011 (no one owned it) nor 2014 and 2018 (stupid COVID forced the owners to have to miss the tasting) and the 2021 was a tank sample that Jamie pulled for us and shipped down for the tasting (being bottled next week so it's the final composition). This ratchets up the density and power. Lots of fruit that is wrapped around the whole cluster that remains. The fruit tone here is a mix of blue and red, with savory leather from the stems I presume. It reminds me too of the juicy quality of the 2012.
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11/10/2021 - Rieslingfan wrote:
Almost exactly a year ago I said don’t open my last bottle for several more years. Well I was in the cellar, in the mood for a Kutch Pinot, and this was at hand. I am sad this was my last bottle. It has fully turned a corner, and is now developing into a complex, aromatically fascinating wine with years and years to go. Earthy, loamy, leafy aromas are supplementing the still vibrant fruit. The structure is still evident, and in balance with the fruit. It has deepened even over the last year, and in a way feels younger, but better than it did a year ago.
I have several bottles of the 2012 buried somewhere, and I wonder where they stand. Time for an excavation project. I do know that I will be burying my 2017 and 2018 in a dark corner. These wines have earned my respect and admiration. I will afford them the cellar time to show their best.
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8/15/2021 - Rgentile wrote: 91 Points
Nose: juicy plum and stems
Palate: plums and blackberries with some spice and grippy tannins on the finish. This needs more time and is built to age.
After a few hours the fruit centralized in that plum family and those grippy tannins melted away. Just need a quick decant if going to open another soon.
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6/28/2021 - Rgentile wrote: 91 Points
Nose: Cherry, plum, red apple skin and some stem spice
Palate: Pomegranates, plum and a hint of stems in a good way. Medium acid and medium finish.
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4/16/2021 - t_moderne wrote: 92 Points
Pop and pour. Enjoyed over a 5 hour period. Saved some under a RePour stopper.
Garnet color.
Nose offers herbal notes - whole cluster - and some wild strawberries.
The strawberries/red fruits show on the intro, with some herbal and apple skin to follow.
Improves with air as the whole cluster note seems to diminish and the other components take on a stronger voice.
Enjoyable.
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2/27/2021 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Last time I opened one of these was when we visited Jamie up at his pad in SFO back in July 2019. I dug the wine then, well, I consistently dig the McDougall plot, what I call "Dougie" for shorthand. Decided to have some red wine tonight, the 15 Dougie was it! This is labeled at 12.7%, and if I recall correctly, this sees zero new wood. And, it's crafted with close to (or completely) whole cluster stem inclusion. When I opened this a little while ago, it was silky and polished, showing the Kutch flair. After about an hour, and with a touch of added chill, the stems started to breathe through the aromatic, giving off a cracked spice note. The fruit is pure with the structure is woven through the core of the wine in a subtle way telling me it's there. Just enough of that grip to tighten the wine, just enough. Red apple, dark strawberry, raspberry, even a little creaminess, which then mixes with some acidity of blood orange. Finishes with a stony quality from the structure, yet lithe and medium weighted. If there is one California Plot Noir producer I would tell people to try, it's Jamie's wines. Bottle after bottle, you're gonna find complexity, balance and purity. This is why I sock into my cellar every year a couple cases of Jamie's new releases, as they age beautifully like this 2015, a real class. Bravo, Jamie.
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11/8/2020 - Rieslingfan wrote:
Opened several hours in advance of dinner, as I anticipated it might need a lot of air. An early taste was imposing, but promising. Dark fruit and rich earth tones dominated to the exclusion of any structure or nuance. Two hours later there’s a little space developing between the main components, allowing for spice and warm herbs to join the aromatic melange, and a bit of acid to create a light structural frame. Another hour in, and there’s a hint of tannin. After a total of four hours it’s a broader tapestry. The elements are the same, but they are woven together in a cohesive pattern. The balance says more time is welcome. I won’t broach my other bottle for a few more years. Drink now with lots of air/decanting, or hold for a while longer. This has serious potential.
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10/2/2020 - kosdogger Likes this wine: 92 Points
92+ as this wine is still young. The aromatics are so amazing. Nice tension of fruit and acid and suspect it will gain complexity with a bit more time. Further proof that Jamie crafts awesome wines!
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7/12/2020 - Lazerlar Likes this wine: 93 Points
drinking very well at such an early age in spite of the aromatics lacking-when this opens up it will be great. My guess is, we will need to wait quite a few years for that to come around. I decanted this for 6 hours checking it every couple of hours to follow it prior to it being served which worked
well.
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5/15/2020 - yeti575rider wrote: 90 Points
Didn't enjoy this bottle as much as last. Kind of agree with some of my notes about the last bottle though. It's missing some lift and the aromatics are surprisingly lacking. I'll hold the last bottle for a couple more years and see what develops.
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4/22/2020 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drank this with a bunch of west coast PN. The McDougall, as always was one of the top wines. Light red colored, low alcohol fruit shows so much soil, earth, dry forest perceptions, spices. Man I love this wine.
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12/24/2019 - yeti575rider wrote: 92 Points
Xmas eve Pinot number 1. Nose open for business. Whole cluster notes present. Red fruited with a maybe a bit of plum thrown in. Not as acidic as expected so less bright toned and more grounded and round. Wife raved about this. I thought very nice but I think it woud have benefited from some more acidic brightness. 2 more to follow over next few years.
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11/14/2019 - winepog wrote: 90 Points
Very rich. Lot's of fruit. I would wait a couple more years on this.
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7/27/2019 - Frank Murray III wrote:
July 2019 Kutch Visit (Jamie's Pad in SFO): Drank as part of a 5 bottle flight of McDougall (2010 non-blind, with the 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2018 tasted blind, along with a 2018 Bohan Graveyard that was put in as a ringer). When I tasted this wine at our Kutch dinner with Jamie at my place back in November 2018, it stood out as one of my wines of the night. Had not tasted it since so was good to get another look at it. Yesterday, we tasted the wine and it seemed to show some stems on the nose, a little peppery. The palate? Smooth and balanced. Also what I noted was some opulence and youth, almost giving off a barrel-sample quality, all of that jamminess that comes with a young wine. Seductive red fruit. On Day 2, I retasted this again at room temp, and I get the same stems on the aromatic. The palate remains delicious, and my notes say balance with a good density. A mix of dark berry, rocky tannin, stony, with power, showing a tight finish. This 2015 is going to go a long time, and this bottle confirms the terrific quality, stuffing and future for what's to come. Excellent vintage for McDougall.
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2/20/2019 - jeffreylubowski Likes this wine: 91 Points
Thought this was quite nice. Dark brooding red fruit, like a pommard or maybe a moulin a vent bojo. Lots of acid, sizzly on the tongue. Forest floor, earth, very feral. Young and wild. Will drink well for quite some time. Nice bottle.
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1/8/2019 - Pålla wrote: 87 Points
This bottle was very natural vine alike, had 13 and liked IT a lot, seems like jamie is moving in a diffrent direction from his 13 vintage, sonoma coast was the same in this 15( loved the 13)
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11/11/2018 - Philip67 wrote: 89 Points
This was ok but nothing special. Good fruit with some aromatics - but very simple and light weight. Bright acidity, raspberry and red cherry fruit.
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11/4/2018 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Kutch and Model Farm dinner at my place in the OC (My House In The South OC): Holy crap this is drinking beautifully. Exotic aromatics with just a light imprint of whole cluster. Dark, powerful, with incredible intensity. Iron, herb, dark red fruit and solid structure. The acidity and fruit carry this wine through a long finish. I have some leftover from last night, plan to taste later today and see what the additional aeration did for the wine but clearly my WOTN from the dinner and yet another testament to the quality Jamie made with the 2015 vintage (for which the 2015 Sonoma Coast, although not tasted last night, remains one of my personal favorite PN wines I have had all year, too).
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10/4/2018 - DaninClearwater wrote: 94 Points
restrained, low alcohol, European style with great fruit
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6/10/2018 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Wow, this wine is in a really good place right now, and even better for me, I can see the trajectory in the wine based on how the structure came through the glass today. Juicy, with medium weight of blue and red fruit. The flavors are vivid, pure. Bright, wound up well with some tannin that comes across in a slate-like way. Really just a beautiful glass of PN and indicative of the quality and craft that Jamie is kicking out.
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3/5/2018 - PDF3 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Cherry nose concrete mineral tastes with an organic stem flavor very earthy needs to open up over three hours before it truly comes into good form. Garnet in color very light low alcohol 12.7%
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1/7/2018 - haldolugr wrote: 88 Points
Still needs some time to develop. Right now it's wound pretty tight around a sour cherry core. I enjoyed it but the wife was not a fan. She felt it leaned too sour.
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11/8/2017 - wgmccallum Likes this wine: 89 Points
Heady floral nose with some hints of smoke and stem underneath the very primary berries. Sweet slightly spritzy fruit on the palate with good acid support, fresh but with good density. Attractive, forward, and delicious, maybe a little ungainly. Looking forward to seeing how this wine evolves. 50 + 17 + 15 + 7 = 89.
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8/7/2017 - ews3 wrote: 93 Points
California Vacation (Sonoma, SF, Monterey); 8/5/2017-8/12/2017: Tasted at winery. Great opportunity to taste this while the offer was open (spoiler alert: I bought some!) Really nice raspberry, red cherry, and red plum notes. The fruit on this is so pretty. Layered textures show some complexity and spice. Soft tannins give this a little power. Everything in perfect balance.
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7/23/2017 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Dark, syrah-like in color. At this stage, a little rugged, with spicy, dark fruit. Rich in tone and big boned with finishing tannin.
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4/12/2017 - brigcampbell wrote:
Kutch 2015 Lineup (Maro Grill, Laguna Beach): This was dark colored, maybe not as dark at the Falstaff but it was close regardless. More magenta color here, though. Mild cherry nose and red raspberry. Taste young, no problem, and the tannins are drying. Much more so than all the other wines. It would scrape your tongue clean. medium plus mouthfeel. This changed with air towards the end of the night as it began to open up. Very nice wine, just young. It and the SC AVA are just too tight and disjointed right now to even mess with, why ruin a great wine by opening before it can blossom.
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4/11/2017 - Frank Murray III wrote:
2015 Kutch Wines....Done Blind With The Gang (Maro Wood Grill in Laguna Beach, CA): Served blind, as part of our detailed look at all of the Kutch 2015s. Good 'ol McDougall, what I call Dougie for short. Here is where Jamie and I differ on the wine, as I think he tends to see Dougie and Falstaff being similar in how they reflect power. They both for me have intensity, yet I continue to find the Dougire more approachable when young, and even last night, I had thought that the Dougie was in fact the Sonoma Coast. Why? It showed the same approachable quality, was flashy and generous. It did share the same kind of aromatic as the Falstaff too, with the dried purple flower note and the whole cluster aromatic but it wasn't coiled like the Falstaff, which led me to think Sonoma Coast. And funny as it may seem for those who know the Kutch wines, I actually like the Sonoma Coast better in 2015 than the Dougie, at least for what I found last night. The Dougie today lives to its pedigree, as it is dark and quite present in flavors. Delicious.
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