Tree Kilpatrick

8.7

Very French label. Arty. Color is lighter than expected. Cranberry sauce colored. Hint of match sticks with the very tart berry sauce nose. Flavors are savory and bright. Plenty of zingy acids. Fruit core. Pie cherry without the sugar. This is food wine with a lean streak. Lighter bodied for sure. Austere even. But it’s a wine for the dry, dry red, euro style lover. Almost like Sangiovese. It’s very drinkable now. Don’t hold this much longer. — a day ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.7

Cork busted into a million little pieces. Very dark color still at this stage. Smells like berries. Black and huckleberry. Flavors are deep and elegant. Fresh despite the age. It’s hot plenty of molasses and licorice/anise stuff. This is amazing still after all these years. Complex and fruit driven. Like really good black colored berries (cassis, blackberry, and huckleberry). Tasty, tart and delicious. — 4 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

7.8

Big beefy bottle. Ruby red color. Smells a bit candied. Bit of veg (red and green peppers) in there too. Flavors are pretty standard CA red blend with a liberal dose of the vanilla and caramel oak sauce the modern CA winemaker seems to love. Decent fruits. It’s overkill to put this in the heavy glass bottle. It’s a mid-shelf CA-style over the top fruit-forward red. Not my fav. — 19 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.0

Coming back to this old favorite. Now it’s at grocery outlet! Pretty label. Pretty color in the glass. Smells earthy with wet gravel meets strawberry-rhubarb pies. Flavors are nice. Floral, fruity cherry/raspberry notes. Blast of bite on the finish to keep it balanced. Fruit driven, but not fruit bombed. Juicy AF. Cleaner and less dynamic than I remember it being when I love, love, loved it. Still an amazing Spanish value wine. Elegant and very tasty. — 2 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.7

A nice Italian style of red. Flavors are decent. Finish is good. It’s a nice restaurant wine. — 5 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.8

Label has old school vibes with a lot of very small writing in español. Dark purple approaching black in the glass. Aroma of tar, molasses and tobacco plants. Flavors are decently complex. Bit of dried black cherries and blackberry sauce. Black currant and black licorice are both also in there. Tannic. Dense. Weighty. Plummy finish. This doesn’t sing out with the herbal, earthy, wet bushes in the hills thing some Tannat is famous for, but it’s lovely red with character. Would meet a steak and shake its hand firmly with a next match. — 16 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.9

Cool label. Nice color. Smells good.!Berry jam on toast. Flavors are trippy. Woodsy and dank. Tart. Plenty of berry flavors. Balanced. — 3 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.8

This is a decent Napa Cab. Complex and graceful. Plenty of char and decent fruits. Jam and jelly of berries. Lovely finish. Chewy too. — 4 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

8.7

Basic, but fairly classy label. Color has a hint of rust and a lighter hue than other Tannat I’ve had. Smells like charred (not burned) pine board, fresh latex paint, and cherry juice. Maybe the slightest of band-aide as well. The palate has lots of acid zip and some decent tannin. Not an extra-dry style, but dry enough. Slight cherry brandy vibes. Mint in the mix. Tiny bit funky. This has a fancy CA red wine vibe, but it’s not as beefy and brutal as I characterize most Tannat. It’s fun to contrast with others, and is pretty tasty in its own right, but it’s not the kind of Tannat I absolutely adore. It just good-to great. — 16 days ago

Tree Kilpatrick

9.3

Lovely bottle design. Aroma is forest and wild berries from the bramble. Flavors are nimble and make me think of fresh cherry/berry fruit in an all wood sauna. Really bright, but supple and herbal. Packed with flavor. Tart, dry and full all at the same time. This is amazing stuff. Complex and vibrant with some density and plenty of zing. A style apart, but a delicious example of how they make red wine in that part of the world. — 20 days ago