Joe Lucca

9.7

Pairing tip; Beautiful and amazing people go well with great wine. This 2014 is singing perfectly right now, however will continue to evolve nicely with some additional age. Racy, fresh, and vibrant. Green apple skin, citrus, chalk, and oyster shells. A clean salinity carries loads of minerals, citrus blossoms, and some unripe nectarine. And that acidity! This is alive and electrifying; like French kissing a 220 volt outlet. Lightning in a bottle. Sort of like the wonderful, exciting people in the picture. ⚡️ Popping a Raveneau is great, but sharing it with my friends was lightning across the mid-summer night sky. — 2 months ago

with Anne-marie and Ron

Joe Lucca

9.4

A bit of pleasant funk on the nose, along with black olive and dried flowers. Cranberry, plum, almonds, more olives, orange zest. Finishes with savory herbs, a nice grip, and enough acidity to instantly want another taste. — 3 months ago

with Diana

Joe Lucca

9.1

Really awesome acidity. This should lay down a bit. Leans a bit more to the grassy and stony mineral side. Unripe guava, green apple, grapefruit pith, flint and chalk. — 3 months ago

with Diana

Joe Lucca

9.6

When “Let’s have a glass” turns into “Let’s have a glass of each”. This turned in another WOTN performance. Quick 1 hr decant and she was off to the races. Charcoal, melted licorice and dried flowers waft up from the glass. Waves of dark berries, spices, cacao, and crushed rocks keep on coming. Gorgeous finish. Awesome complexity, showcasing the exceptional quality of this vineyard and the amazing skills of TRB. Happy 5th anniversary to Beverly and @Arvind Sodhani! Looking forward to many more vintages to come!!! — 2 months ago

with Debra and Diana

Joe Lucca

9.5

Holy macaroni this has developed nicely with age. Still extremely elegant and light on its feet thanks to lively acidity as well as beautiful stone fruit and citrus aromas. Gained some body since the last time I tasted. Roasted pistachio and hazelnut, lemon curd, creme anglaise, sea salt, candied orange peel. The finish just keeps going and going for a minute plus. I’m scared this might be my last bottle of the ‘14, need to go back and see if I can get some more as this will continue to evolve in the next year or two. — 3 months ago

with Diana

Joe Lucca

8.9

The name says it all. Watermelon, strawberry, salty beach air, oyster liquor, and rose water. Nice body and a rich mouthfeel. Rent a house in East Hampton, and enjoy all the above on a hot, sunny afternoon. — 4 months ago

with Debra, Laura and 1 other

Joe Lucca

9.3

Good to be back in the Dirty Jer-z after a few weeks. This is rockin’ after resting an extra year in bottle. Salty watermelon, Rainer cherry, oyster brine, liquid minerals and really faint strawberry. All day poundable at 13%. — 2 months ago

with Diana

Joe Lucca

9.2

Day drinking with @ADAM STROMFELD Gorgeous single vineyard; apple, citrus, pineapple, along with a nice nuttiness. Drank this at room temp and it was singing. Need to pull one at cellar temp next. — 3 months ago

with ADAM

Joe Lucca

9.4

More evolved than it was 6-8 months ago. Tangerine, kaffir lime, acacia flowers, lemongrass, raw almonds, petrol, and beeswax. White pepper and oyster brine finish. @Maayan Koschitzky making beautiful music with Crocker & Starr fruit. — 3 months ago

with Diana

Joe Lucca

8.8

Hanging with THE REAL DEAL and @ADAM STROMFELD and @Frank. Love the nose on this, really great funkiness and earthiness. The palate is one dimensional, mostly blackberry and road tar. Crushed minerals and iron. However lacking the structure and complexity that I would expect. I keep going back to that gorgeous nose while talking to Evander about the “Bite Fight” and how he learned to box at 15 years old. Fun night. — 4 months ago

with Frank and ADAM