Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2020 vintage. Popped and poured. Unexpected levels of color. A bit of wool/lanolin in the high nose mixed with a youthful, Côte-Rôtie styled, spicy meat endeavor with flechettes of sulphur, cinnamon and really dark plum thrown into the mix. Buttressed by some toasty oak. Def intriguing. Tannic presence mid and finishing palates with a pleasant cache of richness front palate. Drinking nicely now but would love to stash a case or two and sample a bottle every six months or so. 7.10.24. — 6 months ago

Adriana Fabbro

9.1

Visits with my dad mean Turley. Baked raspberry and blackberry. Cocoa butter. Brambley things. Black pepper. Licorice. Cloves and other baking spices. A splash of orange rind/zest (like an earl grey/ bergamot thing on the back palate) like mulled wine. Per other commenters, port-like (16.2%!), but balanced with great acid and the perfect wine for a chilly Jersey November evening as this Californian acclimates to wearing her winter wool coat again for the first time in 18 months… — 3 years ago

Jeroen Koenen

9.4

This wine really opened up since my last try 2 years ago!
Lemoncurd, white pepper, sereh, ginger, saffron, vanilla, oak and a lovely savory note of wet wool and seaweed. Unusual concentration and creaminess for an albarino. But.... Variety typical acidity - bracing, electric and refreshing - is available in spades.
Terrific wine and a great pairing with a classic carbonara and asparagus...! — 4 years ago

Tyler Adam Smith

8.9

Smells like: steel wool, lime sorbet, whey, and rain on a tin roof.
Tastes like: white peonies, Cala Cala pith, caramelized pear, electric
Good for: flashback and flash forward scenes in movies about technology, rapini and anchovy with polenta. — 7 months ago

David Kline

9.4

Loveliest of mushroom-violet, saddle leather and fresh wool, dark legume, black olive, cool licorice notes and lavender. A graphite tip made of concentrated grape; a fig parchment carefully folded over smoke. Outstanding nose.
Tobacco flaking blackly over licks of flame, chicory, black licorice, cloves and black olives dance and darken to blackberry, charred elm and black pastry. Biomass folding in crystalline-spiked, smoky, charred cedar. Burnt cinnamon and peek-a-boo plum. Loamy and dense earth that encapsulates. Great wine to grow on!


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Taylor Coil

9.6

Incredible, fragrant nose - sandalwood and bursting with black currant, maybe some black tea in there, too. Dry mouthfeel, like wool socks that were kept in a wooden drawer all season and then somehow got left out in the rain. — 3 years ago

Mark Eastom

9.3

Amazing. Honey, waxy, almost abrasive fresh flowers (in an amazing way) hay, wet wool, mandarin orange, spice, medium plus bodied and unbelievable acidity. WOW. — 2 years ago

Peter Sultan

9.3

Much more subtle than I anticipated & compared to Chidaine, Huet,etc. Probably a bit closed & can use a decant at this stage. All kinds of pulverized shells & a low key minerality, long & lean in terms of texture. No wool or wax here. White flowers, Asian pear, & I want to say raw yellow zucchini ( though I may regret that). All kinds of complexity to taste. A ‘contemplative’ rather than a race horse wine-& hope my homeboy will hang onto his others so we can taste what age will do. Opened during an exhilarating Knicks win. — 2 years ago

with Owen

Boris

9.5

Expressive bouquet: flowers, strawberry, chocolate, fig, animal farm, mushrooms, wet wool and vanilla. Well balanced, good acidity, evolving taste. Flavours of milk chocolate with wild strawberry and sweet tobacco in the finish. Quaffable wine with persistent aftertaste. Great wine.

Tasted on 2021-08-26 — 3 years ago

Stas Medvedev

9.1

🏅 Rating 91+/100 (4,15⭐)

Deep ruby color. Reminds of Barolo with sweet dried rose, but the tannins are not so grippy. Wool. Presence of wood. Fruit is ripe and sweet.
Elevated acidity. Overall leaves the impression of a serious wine in classic Burgundian style.

My notes are consistent over the other vintages I have tasted.

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Instagram: @wine_talks_club — 4 years ago