David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.3

Happy New Year! 🎉🎆🎈🎊 🧨

Excellent vintage. I think even better for Pinot than Cabernet in some cases.

Baked blackberries, black raspberries, raspberries, black plum, baked, dark cherries, notes of blueberries, dry cranberries/rhubarb, maple syrup, limestone minerals, dry crushed rocks, dry, grilled meats, dry tobacco, wood shavings, anise, cinnamon stick, clove, nutmeg, dark spice, some black lichen, vanillin, warm caramel, sun tea, mid berry cola, dry twig, withering to decayed, dark, red, purple flowers, round acidity, well made, structured, balanced, elegant finish that lasts two-minutes and lands on dark spice, earthiness. — 14 days ago

Galen Hasler

9.2

Complex flavors of chamomile, melon, white stone fruits with skin contact structure, dry and crisp — 8 days ago

Kyle Fletcher

9.1

GOT A GOOD CRISPY APPLE TASTE — 20 days ago

Mabel Hsu

9.0

Nose is very fragrant — a month ago

Ron R

9.0

Soft and rotund. Very little acidity to talk about. Surprisingly mediocre. — 16 days ago

with Anne-marie

Patrick Lunn

9.4

No idea how a 16.3% ABV wine is this smooth. Tons of crushed raspberry with a red licorice finish. Almost seems refreshing. — 11 days ago

Craig Becraft

9.3

Still fresh after 13 years, amazing bing cherry, black raspberry with Clean very integrated tanins in the long finish — a month ago

Jess Ica Orona

9.1

Baking spices out the gate. Cinnamon. Sour cherry jam. Fresh rain soaked soil in the back. Maybe I should have decanted it but I’m getting a fair bit of heat. Granted after pregnancy and newfound mom life I’m very out of practice. Maybe some strawberry jam. On the palate we have a medium light body juicy, bright red fruit and spice at the end. Slightly sticky tannins. Nice way to celebrate the holidays. An affordable splurge to pair with a cheese board or a lean cut of beef like a fillet. Beef Wellington would be perfect. I festive pork roast would also go well. — 16 days ago

David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.4

Dark cherry bingo.

If you haven’t had a 10-15 year in bottle WS, you have missed special.

Merry Christmas! 🎅🎄🎁 ❄️ ⛄️ — 21 days ago

Adam Baker

8.9

Drank with Christmas dinner, with honey baked ham, with brown sugar sweet potatoes. Too fruit forward for me. Overwhelms the other flavors a little. Might be too young. — 19 days ago

with Chris, Brud and 1 other