Jared O'Connell

9.3

Kinda struggled with the cork, which was actually in great shape so probably my fault. Decanted for about 75 minutes. Drank with Grey Barn Osso Buco and kale blossoms with cannellini beans. Dominated by licorice of all colors. Menthol or herb tea with some muddied and candied dark berries. Little bit of old leather suitcase. Long finishhhh with all the above smashed together. — 2 months ago

Jared O'Connell

9.2

Good price at warehouse so I snagged one for wiener schnitzel dinner w/ cateloupe, prosciutto, radicchio &fig salad. Opened to give it a lot of air. Cream soda dum dum, Fuji apple, hint of gasoline but not a lot. Goes onto a grapefruit/citrus thing and a nice cream soda finish. Mineral and wonderfully acidic. Need to find older bottles! — a year ago

Jared O'Connell

9.0

Jared had this a year ago

Jared O'Connell

9.3

This is the version without sulfur. Opened with about 2 hours of air and the funk blew off, not that there was that much to begin with. By 2.5-3hr there was a lot more mint and leather in it, less abrasive on the palette. Nose of tangy rhubarb tart, mossy log, lil mint. Integrated acidity and tannin, not that fruity. Palette had a hint of pacific cooler, Gatorade frost into the best piece of chalk you’ve ever eaten. Long finish with vanilla bean ice cream and fresh red berries — a year ago

Jared O'Connell

9.2

Waxy red berries, cherry pie, mentos on the nose. Black cherries, clean minerality, hint of flat cola, wet earth. Energetic and vibrant but easy going, integrated mellow tannins. — 5 months ago

Jared O'Connell

9.1

2012 w/ burgers, backyard eggplant, grilled corn. Lots of evolution over the evening. Writing this now ~3.5hrs after opening. Now showing an intensely herbal and spearmint nose with sweet tomato savoriness. Earlier in the night more fruit. Initially there’s like a fleshy crisp apple then rosemary, bandaid, cranberry on the palette with a little fancy ham in there. Slightly grippy but not really. That bandaid thing comes out more in the finish. Seems to continue to benefit from air and went through some interesting weird phases over these several hours. — a year ago

Jared O'Connell

9.2

Can’t get enough. Always fun, always a lil funky. Not sure of vintage, because it’s not listed on the bottle but assuming it’s fresh, 2020 or 2021. On the nose: mesquite barbecue sauce, lemony and briny. Palette: it’s weird. There’s very present acidity and the a lot of descriptors you typically don’t want to say (olive brine, yeast, nail polish remover, pickled sunny d) but in the most delicious way possible. — a year ago

Jared O'Connell

9.7

Opened the bottle and it smelled really musty like dank basement. Quick taste, alive with vibrant acidity, some fruitiness. An hour later, basement wearing off a bit. Palette comes alive here, long finish hour. Hour or so later, nose is abundant herbs like chamomile and mint, wet stone, Aegean citrus. So much going on before even touching the lips. Each sniff is it’s own thing. In the mouth the acidity hits you like it’s a lot. But there’s candied citrus with salty carmelized sugar glaze and some white peach. Not cuz it’s sweet, it’s not. Then the finish is like unsweetened mentos and lingers on the tongue for quite a while. Good find on sale at Astor. Now I gotta find more old ribolla. — 10 months ago

Jared O'Connell

9.5

2013 vintage, recent purchase on sale at Astor. Hard not to say sherry like. On top of the sherry you have raspberry and bazooka gum on the nose but also smells like the ocean a bit. Palette opens up with a ephemeral bit of candied fruit bomb that quickly leads to intense honeyed black licorice and tonic, evolves into a decaying tonka bean finish. Unctuous mouthfeel. Extremely long finish and a journey with every sip. — a year ago

Jared O'Connell

9.1

Good juice — a year ago