2014 C.L. Butaud Tempranillo

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 91.6 points

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  1/28/2022 - mflesh wrote:

  It has been 2.5 years since I've revisited this wine. Am I crazy for saying that this one is still holding strong, maybe even more beauty than the last time I enjoyed it? Yeah, I'd say that's a rather accurate statement. This wine is beau.ti.ful. Medium bodied wine. Black cherry twizzler and cola perfumed nose. Some mint here. Just an absolutely gorgeous nose. The wine blossoms to a wildflower, honey, candied note in the middle and finish. Nice acidic character on the finish. It took someone like Hester to balance Texas Tempranillo and make it show like the beautiful wine it can be. TX Tempranillo, 7 yr old, no signs of decline or tertiary notes. Absolutely gorgeous wine. Too bad I don't have more of this ans honestly, I'm not so sure what prevented me from opening this sooner...maybe apprehensive about how it would perform? I dare say you can sit on this for another 5-7 years without batting an eye.

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  6/2/2019 - mflesh wrote: 92 Points

  SOLID Tempranillo. Probably one of the best if not the best from this state being produced today. This wine has a perfumed nose of black cherry, herb, green pepper. The entry still has quite a bit of acidity as well as dirty black cherry, hint of navel orange, oregano, rosemary, and sweet plums. This carries to the middle along with some red pepper and cola. Finishes with less tannin than it had a couple of year ago when I last tasted this back in October 2017. Still have one more of these, which I think I actually might hold for another year.....which means that the 2017 I just purchased probably needs to hold FOUR years!

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  11/16/2017 - Sourdough Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Consistent with previous note. Hold remaining bottle to 2019 or 2020.

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  10/24/2017 - Shay.Aldriedge Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This, ladies and gentlemen, is Texas wine at its finest. I’ve been able to taste a fair amount of TX reds and this is the best I’ve come across. Randy Hester (of Lightning Wines in Napa) is the winemaker. He’s a Texan and has created his first TX label that is 100% TX Tempranillo. The depth and flavor in this is astounding for it being all Texan. Needs a healthy decant. Black peppercorns, rhubarb pie, licorice and gummy bear on the nose. Deep red color with a small showing of purple. Medium bodied on the palate with a lingering cedar, cherry, and slight spicy finish. Almost like a Ridge Zin with a tiny bit less weight.

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  10/1/2017 - mflesh wrote:

  First of the 3-pack of this wine. Out of about 10 wines enjoyed today, this one was one of the first ones gone. This is an interesting wine that has a lot of the earthy notes of Tx tempranillo that makes it so interesting, yet doesn't have the tart on the finish from overextraction and poor winemaking. This is a medium+ bodied wine. Hester knows what he's doing with this one, and it shows. This is a brambleberry nose, a bit of youthful raspberry, and rosemary. The middle is all red fruit and herb. The finish is darker, "bramblier" yet shows a great fruit structure. This wine will go 5-10 years without question as the structure is just refreshing to see from a Texas wine offering. Very glad to see this wine drink so well so young, yet the best years of its life are ahead of it still.

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