nose: black pepper, heat, menthol-smelling herbs taste: slightly jammy with licorice texture, medium to full body, strawberry, raspberry, black pepper, heat brings slight imbalance, finishes vanilla and further with oak
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Garnet color with a pencil shaving driven nose. Very earthy and herbal on the palate with the pencil shavings and background of graphite staying persistent. Red berries and ripe, bright berries lead the way to a darker finish. Not much at the end though..
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4/12/2012 - pizzasomm wrote: 88 Points
nose: black pepper, heat, menthol-smelling herbs
taste: slightly jammy with licorice texture, medium to full body, strawberry, raspberry, black pepper, heat brings slight imbalance, finishes vanilla and further with oak
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10/4/2011 - Pbamma wrote: 86 Points
Was a good wine but I don't think it was worth the money we payed for it tasted different but the different than when we had it at the Vineyard
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7/30/2011 - STM82 wrote: 87 Points
Garnet color with a pencil shaving driven nose. Very earthy and herbal on the palate with the pencil shavings and background of graphite staying persistent. Red berries and ripe, bright berries lead the way to a darker finish. Not much at the end though..
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3/27/2011 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 86 Points
2011 Rhone Rangers Tasting San Francisco (Fort Mason, San Francisco, California): Tar, tart black fruit nose; tart black fruit, tar palate; medium-plus finish
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