Brandon Boesch

9.7

@Delectable Wine this is Cornus 2017, mencia, cab franc, abouriou, bran cellar grapes. The nose is bonkers. Forest, funkiness, smashed strawberries with the plant and earth. Mouthfeel is lovely. Light red fruits, strawberry, plum, cherry, cranberry, then earth, tannin, almost curry, then long lingering earth and bark and dried cranberry with rosemary at the finish. Needs two hours to open. Honestly not great at opening. What a wine! — 2 days ago

Jeremy Shanker

Sommelier at RN74

9.0

Not my favorite Hiyu — 7 months ago

Lee Pitofsky

9.2

Interesting wine, Id call this Nebbiolo blind. — a year ago

Brandon Boesch

9.5

So funky. Almost like a cider. Orange blossom, jasmine, earl grey tea, dried lemon, sweet peach, underripe pear and some tart apple. Maybe apricot. It’s bonkers complex but definitely not for everyone. — 2 months ago

Brandon Boesch

9.5

This is actually perennial, but who knows with the naming. From website it is Tempranillo with a million Spanish and port field blend grapes grown in Oregon. Amazing amount of tannin. But the fruit comes through. So many berries in the bramble. A hint of wood, cherry, plum, leather, berries, dry tannin. Good with a burger. So interesting. I don’t think I have another bottle. Would love to try this in 10-20 more years. — 6 months ago

Brandon Boesch

9.5

@Delectable Wine this is atavus VII (7). If I tasted this blind I would say Austria or Slovenia or Georgia etc. wine for sure. Jasmine tea, jasmine flowers, lemon, comforting herbs, grapefruit, really fancy sea salt, so many flowers! Top us orange wine. — a year ago

Brandon Boesch

9.5

So good, funk initially then really rich and beautiful. — 4 months ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

Interestingly it was almost impossible for me to tell the difference between the 2019 and 2021. So much lovely crunchy fruit. Great wines. — 4 months ago

Brandon Boesch

9.1

Didn’t like this one as much as the first I had. This was more fruit forward with a ton of funk and acidity. After a few hours it was better but given the high amount of acidity and fruit I’m not sure it’ll get better. Reminds me of a good carbonic Grenache or other rhone varietal. Some olives in there as well. It’s good. — 8 months ago

Gloria Millan

9.8

"Clochan" comes from a single vineyard planted to a field blend of Mencia, Graciano, Carignane, Grenache and Nero d'Avola. Bass notes of game, leather and damp earth support a core of sweet cherry fruit” — a year ago