Needed 4 hours of air to suddenly change. Almost undrinkable in initially. Opened up with tons of flowers, baking spice, peppercorns, chocolate, wiff of blueberries. Overall feels like it needs more time. — 18 days ago
Tasting exceptional right now! Had with. Pimento and basil risotto and it was perfect. Strawberries, balsamic, cherries, green earth, cocoa, a good amount of fruit. — 19 days ago
Outstanding! Smells like gamay! Crunchy fruit, pepper, more tart fruits. So crushable — 5 days ago
The rose which I judge all other roses every year. It’s never disappointed and usually tastes better than I remember. 2024 is the same. A lot of acidity, lemons, strawberry cream, more berries, a touch of melon, saline, shells. This could go with any food. Love it. — 9 days ago
@Delectable Wine this is atavus VII (7). If I tasted this blind I would say Austria or Slovenia or Georgia etc. wine for sure. Jasmine tea, jasmine flowers, lemon, comforting herbs, grapefruit, really fancy sea salt, so many flowers! Top us orange wine. — 21 days ago
Seems to be a typical CA Syrah that you see for 30-40 dollars or more. A lot of fruit, baking spice, wood flavor. Drinkable — 5 days ago
Really fresh and bright. Mostly Grenache this vintage. A lot of earth, olive, blueberry, “crunchy” cranberry, good acidity. Apple. Herbs, pepper. Pretty great crushable Grenache, syrah, Mourvèdre. — 14 days ago
So freaking good at 25 years. So fresh. A lot of earth and forest but also good fruit and balance still. Leather dried cherry, cinnamon stick, what a wine! Celebrating a huge birthday! — 18 days ago
Brandon Boesch
On the nose it reminds me of Mourvèdre and valdigue. Very light bodied, but so much lovely fruit and flowers. It also has stone and some grass. With some air I can imagine some pepper and more earth/game notes and Grenache like flavors. So much good fruit, it’s like Beaujolais meets jura meets tribute to Grace. This is outstanding imo. Got it at discount but I’ve had so much awful “natural” wine at 30 dollars that this would be worth that price. — 17 hours ago