Joe DAscoli

9.4

This wine had excellent dark fruit and tannins that maintain some grip and structure. You can tell this is mountain fruit.

Drank over 3 nights with argon preservation in the fridge.

Paired very well with manchego and also with chili.
— a day ago

Joe DAscoli

9.5

Excellent wine.

Some explosive fruit but also a lot of structure and depth.

Seems like it has more to develop even further. — 7 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Impromptu Armenian Christmas dinner party This wine delivered with about a 1 hour decant — 15 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.1

Fairly full bodied and intense wine. Good spicyness. — a month ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Delicious Zin.

Good fruit pop and a solid backbone and structure to the wine. Wife said “this is a Zin?!?!?”

Paired well with miso veggie chicken — 4 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.3

Decanted for 3 hours before dinnner and paired with wagyu filet

Generally good robust fruit flavors but overall this wine seemed muted and did not pop with anything special. Somewhat surprised - maybe an off bottle. Still good and enjoyable with meal but shy of expectations — 13 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.4

Delicious. — 15 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.1

High expectations for this wine. Great vintage and great producer

Starts out dark and closed. Appears to need a lot of airtime. Into the decanter

2 hours later it’s paired with short ribs and the fattiness seems to bring out some better flavor and the dark flavors really complement the meat.

Post dinner this wine is beginning to show something but it’s still dark brooding and too tight.

I’m going to let the other bottles sit for a few years. I’ve found the more recent coombsville wines from 2019 and forward to me a lot more open and fruity. — 5 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.2

Very light colored

Light bodied and has a sweetness to it that makes you wonder if this is really a dry wine.

It develops more complexity and some lime zest flavor with more airtime

Overall good but not great. — 13 days ago

Joe DAscoli

9.1

This was more elegant and less flavorful than expected

Very light fruit and minimal oak

Paired with giant 12oz lobster tails. Happy Armenian Christmas!

Crazy thing happened with the pairing. This wine tasted like a fresh shucked raw oyster. Dead on after a bite of lobster, like eating an oyster chaser. Wild. — 20 days ago