Domaine Vincent Paris
Granit 30 Cornas Syrah 2019
Musk, Holly berries and bramble, pine needles, iron, velvet, driftwood, hints of coffee and bold red meat. There’s berries in there, red, lush, ripe and dark, but it’s so well integrated into the perfume (and it is perfume) that it’s impossible to separate them. Like a thin spread of preserves and dank basement. Palate has that lean nature of Syrah, between medium and light bodied, tannins present, but molded well into the palate, not ostentatious. Lush, silky dark red and black fruits roll forth, along with some charcoal, graphite, blood, and iron. — a month ago
Robert Keenan Winery
Mernet Reserve Napa Valley Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2012
Brad had this a month ago
Bryn Mawr
Innovation Series Supernova Zweigelt
As close to an American Lambrusco as you can get, with a rich nose of dark red plum, jammy raspberry and fresh black cherry. A deep fizzy, medium body, with some surprising tannins that truly dry things out, but leave with a fresh feeling! The palate itself is big with the dark fruit, but still maintains the dryness despite some woody and malolactic elements with a hint of celery like flavor at the finish. — 7 days ago
Pieropan
Calvarino Soave Classico Garganega Trebbiano 2023
Medium bodied and a green/yellow color indicate some softening, but the wine itself is very green and fruit forward, green figs (but just the vegetal smell), with some acidity and notes of yellow fruit rind, crisp mountain air, grassy notes, and a slight baking note, like pastry, hidden away underneath. Palate is crisp, dry, with a balanced acidity, lots of limestone, crisp yellow fruits, maybe some yellow grapefruit, celery hints, lemon juice tartness, and an emerging grassy energy that starts to swell long after the sip is complete. Dry to the end, but not bitterly so, very nice. — a month ago
Domaine de Chevalier
Pessac-Léognan Red Bordeaux Blend 2021
Velvety red fruits, vanilla, rubber industrial tubing, cracked pepper and wet forest floor permeate the nose, with a slight malo character that pervades, along with an overall floral element that wafts throughout. You can tell the pedigree with this. Deep red/purple coloration on a medium to full body, and even though this in young, the acidity seems well aligned, with tannins perfectly integrated, dry, but not austere. Palate is rich and refined, with prominent red fruits, not overly jammy or fleshy, but silky plums, black cherries, granite or graphite, with pencil shavings, slight balsamic characteristics, and a loooong lingering dry palate that lingers for quite some time. Really impressive for a wine so young! — a month ago
Domaine Jean Chauvenet
Nuits-Saint-Georges Pinot Noir 2016
Medium bodied, bold, and spicy, with some prominent ripe and slightly brandy like fruit, with surprising tartness and acidity. Nose is a good deal fresher, and more mature, with the same notes of raspberry, black cherry, fresh mulch, rose petal and some alcoholic like freshness at the finish. This is very good, but not as wildly complex as I thought. — 14 days ago
Château Feytit Clinet
Pomerol Red Bordeaux Blend 2021
Brad had this 21 days ago
Jonata Winery
Fenix Ballard Canyon Merlot Blend 2019
Nose of lavender, dark chocolate, silky dark red fruits, vanilla notes, uncrushed black pepper, pine bark, plum and driveway tar. Silky palate, medium to full bodied, that starts with ripe red fruits and evolves into slightly smoky flavors, with dark red berries, pencil shavings, more baked pie crust than pure vanilla, tobacco and tannins that grip lightly, but dance in the background of a dry, slightly hay like finish that lays meaty on the palate for quite a while. — a month ago
Alice et Olivier De Moor
Nuova Descriptio Sauvignon Blanc Blend 2023
Funky, slightly earthy, natural nose, with hints of grass clippings, overripe yellow citrus, mushroom and maybe even a hint of butterscotch. Color of a lightly deep, golden hue, like yellow gold, medium bodied but surprisingly the palate is like a dry Normandie cider! Crisp, fresh, and dry, with some tingly funk, and then something like acidity or minerality emerging to the edges, with a nutty apple cinnamon like finish. — 2 months ago
Brad Jensen
Ripe strawberries, rhubarb, slate, and maybe a little blood orange on the nose. Color is a deep, pale red, almost showing the bricking but this isn’t nearly old enough for that. Hues of violet to the edges with a medium body, though thinner than i expected. Smooth, less juicy and more dry, with notes of raspberry, menthol, a bit of iron and herb, but with some dusty tannins laid on top. — 7 days ago