Stefan Dolhain

9.3

2019. Delicate, elegant style. This is all about finesse. — 9 months ago

TwiLea Fletcher

8.9

11/12/21
Jade tasting.
Dried cherries. Dry. — 5 years ago

with Neal

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

A producer bottling I’ve not had. This came to be in my procession via a wine exchange with @Severn Goodwin.

This 03 Jade is In fine shape due to its quality production and Severn’s excellent storage of it.

Nose reveals ripe, slightly stewed & baked; dark cherries, blackberries, mixture fresh of our fruits as well as blue fruits with hints of faint poached strawberries. Sweet tarriness, black licorice, black pepper, dark steeped fruit tea, expresso roast, bay leaf, dry crushed rocks, barrel shavings, dark, rich earthiness with dry leaves, mid dark spice, limestone minerals, dry top soil, underbrush with fresh & withering; dark, red, purple, blue florals framed in heavy lavender and soft violets.

The palate is, ripe, rich, elegant, round and lush. After roughly 15 years in bottle, she shows, rounded, dusty, chewy/meaty, dry tannins. The structure, tension, balance & length are just the other side of its peak. The fruits like the nose are slightly stewed & baked; dark cherries, blackberries, mixture fresh of our fruits as well as blue fruits with hints of faint poached strawberries. Sweet tarriness, anise to black licorice, cinnamon, vanilla, black pepper, smoked meats, dark steeped fruit tea, expresso roast, bay leaf, dry crushed rocks, old tobacco, barrel shavings, dark, rich earthiness with dry leaves, mid dark spice, limestone minerals, dry top soil, very dry underbrush, some tree bark/sap with brilliant, fresh & withering; dark, red, purple, blue florals framed in heavy lavender and soft violets. The acidity is really nice...like a cool mountain stream. The long finish is delicious and persist endlessly into dry, dark spice on the long set.

Still has another 3-5 years of good drinking ahead of it depending on your storage and the age you like your wine to show.

Photos of; Previous Owner-Jim Paras (left) with Winemaker Douglas Danielak, Paras Vineyard Syrah clusters ready for harvest and their Paras Vineyard.

Producer notes, San Francisco Lawyer Jim Paras started the winery in 1984. At the time, he produced about 8,000 cases a year of Syrah, Merlot, Mourvhdre and Viognier. In 1994, Chalone began distributing his wines and eventually bought the winery in 2000. — 6 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.2

23 April 2018. La Compagnie des Vins Surnaturels, New York, NY. — 8 years ago

Patrick Augustine

8.9

Blood dark. Absinthe, macerated plum, acid back. Currant jelly, limestone — 9 years ago

Jillian Zhang

9.1

Jillian had this 9 years ago

Jess

9.2

Pale lemon color.
Aromas of green fruit.
Dry. Flavors of lime, guava, subtle salty minerality.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 5/5
Finish: 5/5 — 2 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

Blend of 85% Cab Sauv and 15% Merlot, with an impressive label designed by Mick Jagger’s daughter, Jade. Deep Ruby with aromas of dark berry fruit, spice and herb notes. On the palate flavors of blackberry, plum and tart black cherry with currant and black pepper. Fine tannins, well balanced ending with smoky spice. Tasting well now, crack it out of cellar. — 5 years ago

Bryan Hopkins

8.9

I have long been an admirer of Germain-Robin, and I like this product, but considered as an absinthe it is a very uncharacteristic example. Prominent scent of lemon with spearmint and fennel, slighter lemongrass. The taste gives more mint and anise at first that quickly develops into lemon and leaves lemon on the finish. Think of this as as what the label says, an “aromatic brandy distilled with herbs and natural flavors added,” and it’s quite pleasant. Think of it as an absinthe, and you are likely to be left thinking that it is not what an absinthe should be. But I often enjoy experimentation outside the boundaries of a genre. The fact that it is made with an apple-honey mead as the base adds to the novelty. — 7 years ago

Allison Lyzenga

9.2

Pale lemon; medium intensity aromas of yellow apple, peach, baked apple, spiced apple rings, vanilla, cider, cashew, allspice, cinnamon; dry, medium plus acid, medium alcohol, medium plus body, medium intensity flavors of baked apple, spiced apple rings, cider, allspice, cinnamon, vanilla; long finish, complex flavors, well balanced and integrated, very good — 7 years ago

Ellen Clifford

9.2

Working on an October entry and getting into absinthe. As far as price this is your friend. THE BEST black licorice. That’s all. I love it so much. Cocktails containing it to follow. — 8 years ago

Douglas Profenius

9.0

Dinner with Mattia and Jade — 9 years ago

with Lee and Thomas

John Napisa

9.6

A truly sublime spirit. Serve with ice water and a sugar cube. — 9 years ago

Candy

9.6

Jardin de jade — 3 years ago

Jeremiah Glazer

8.9

Pleasant red. Full bodied, blackberries, herbaceous (on the edge of absinthe). Opens up wonderfully. — 4 years ago

Mark Aronica

8.9

Great with Thanksgiving dinner. — 6 years ago

Bryan Hopkins

9.1

Notes of anis and spearmint most strongly, with more subtle citrus. Sweet even without sugar. Light and delicate but with a creamy mouthfeel. — 7 years ago

Dylan Thomas

8.9

With the absinthe pannacotta at Maison Premiere — 7 years ago

Severn G

9.2

8 May 2018 — 8 years ago

Rob Brobst III

9.5

This little known bottle had a sling and a rock and it took down a giant! Yep David vs. Goliath! This was the biggest surprise of the night! @Paul Treadway Huntington Beacher @Jade Moore I will be buying more. @Mike Smith @Shay A @Kimberly Anderson @Aaron Means @Antonio Galloni @Carl Fischer @Connor McMahon @Ceccherini Cristiano @Martin G Rivard @Bill Bender @Terri Walker @TheSkip @Jim Trobaugh @Jody Scharf @Warren Sapp @Walter Sorensen @Stanley Barrios @Neal Schaffer — 8 years ago

with Paul and Jade