Tom Garland

9.5

+2 hour decant(little cloudy sediment). An amazing dark ruby red color. On the nose: Intense notes of dark cherry and stewed plums, menthol, little smoked meat, nutmeg, and licorice. Taste: velvety, polished mouthcoating wine with blackberry/dark cherry, crushed stone, toasted wood, cloves, and a long brambly-peppery-licorice finish. YUM! — a month ago

with Brenda

Jody Scharf

9.3

Well balanced wine with ripe fruit and tannins. — 4 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2012 vintage. 15.6 ABV but tasted like 14.7. Medium body. Decanted and tasted after 20 minutes and 2 hours. Slight amount of sed but not objectionable if poured into the proceedings. Mostly frontal fruit tasting with raspberry and strawberry flavors coming through predominantly. Relatively unexciting in the early going. Nice...but not exactly this year's girl. Tasting after two hours decanted...body upped to medium/medium-heavy body and a subtle cracked black peppercorn flourish all these promises of satisfaction. As with (nearly) all the wines from this producer, killed off at least a decade too early, likely two. Those disco synthesizers those daily tranquilizers...9.3.25. — 9 months ago

Ki Punwar

Owner, California Wine Republic

9.3

Rich and lush — 5 days ago

with Sam

Jake Hajer

9.1

Good wine. On the richer side of Syrah. — 3 months ago

Jody Scharf

9.4

beautiful blend that was better the next day. — 7 months ago

KA

9.7

Supperland Charlotte — 2 months ago

Andy@andyberke.com

9.3

Excellent. Plenty of butter, honey, and lemon — 2 months ago

Ryan Colthorp

9.0

Dark berries. Hints of spice. Paired really with steak at Mike’s lake house. — 9 months ago

Doug Griffin

9.4

Still pretty fresh for 10 years. Chunky and chalky. Baked blue fruit, spice is where it’s at. White pepper, black walnut, cinnamon. Coating finish but lacks in complexity like other vintages — a year ago