Jaime Grunlan

9.0

90 min decant. Deep ruby color, but necessarily dark. Cranberry, dark cherry, peppercorn and soapy water on muted nose. Smooth, dry, fruit forward, mouth-filling palate. Medium long (possibly long) finish with nice rounded tannins. — 8 years ago

Jaime Grunlan

8.8

90 min decant. Minerality and alcoholic on the nose. Brambly palate with firm tannins on medium long finish. — 8 years ago

Jaime Grunlan

9.1

30 min aeration. Deep dark red color (beautiful, inky). Currant, dark fruit and aluminum can on the pleasant nose. Full mouthfeel to smooth, viscous palate that has some meaty notes on the back end. Firm tannins on medium finish. Great QPR for this complexity. — 8 years ago

Jaime Grunlan

8.9

PNP. Nice nose of fig, anise, cola and black cherry. Smooth fruit forward palate. Firm tannins on medium finish. Good QPR. — 8 years ago

Jaime Grunlan

9.3

30 min decant. Deep dark red/blue. Strong vanilla and dark fruit nose. Smooth alcoholic palate. Firm tannins on medium long finish. This is classic high level Coombsville, which I love. — 8 years ago

Jaime Grunlan

9.0

PNP. Fruit forward nose and candied palate. Smooth, medium finish. Much sweeter than 2013 and 2014 Prisoner. — 8 years ago

Jaime Grunlan

8.9

2.5 hour decant. Bright ruby color. Slate (minerality), pomegranate, red fruit and toasted oak on the nose. Smooth, but very dry palate. Medium+ finish with firm tannins. — 8 years ago

Jaime Grunlan

9.1

3.5 hour decant. Dark purplish color. Wonderfully complex nose of leather, bitter chocolate, smoky green pepper, vanilla and black raspberry. Lots of acidity on front of brambly palate. Palate had more fruit and wood (oak) than the nose. Medium long finish with firm tannins. This truly tasted like a Left Bank Bordeaux from 2010. Terrific value from Santa Cruz, which baffles me. — 8 years ago

Jaime Grunlan

9.0

30 min decant. Nice mineral and red fruit nose. Fruit forward palate. Firm tannins on medium long finish. — 8 years ago

Jaime Grunlan

8.7

Menu decanted. Light red for true red wine. Muted nose, but sour cherry kool aid is present. Pleasant, dry sour cherry palate. Medium short finish. Nice quaffable starter wine. I wouldn't seek it out, but it's a solid QPR. — 8 years ago