Vanessa

9.2

So delish! Beautiful and holding strong with notes of blackberry, black currant, clove, star anise, licorice, dried orange peel, black olive, potpourri, tobacco, leather, earth, cured meat, pencil shavings, graphite, spice box, forest floor. Complex and balanced with a long, elegant finish. — 2 days ago

with Deked1

Brian Boulden

8.9

Beautiful aroma and fantastic taste. Great Cherry and chocolate overtones with a smooth lingering finish. No vintage date on bottle that and just Lot 7 but that Lot number could be on every bottle. Either way Chuck Wagner has done a beautiful job on this. — 2 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

This was showing well that was all about dark fruits, meat, spice, olive, pepper & violet. — 2 months ago

Doug Powers

9.3

[En magnum] This was aerated for 3 hours, and is still currently quite closed and structured, works great with the UCD Meat Lab rib roast, but needs a fair amount of cellaring to soften. — 13 days ago

with Monique and Jim

Tom Garland

9.3

Happy New Year Delectable!

Double decant and pour. A splendid tawny red color. On the nose: dark fruit, cigar ash, cedar, smoked meat, pencil shavings, mint. Taste: soft, silky, elegant, still fresh wine with dark red fruit, worn leather, graphite, loamy soil, spiced herbs, minty black tea and a dry medium finish. YUM! What a fun wine to end 2024 with. A wine bought at auction, and a cork which was not in the best shape, so not sure if this is a true representation of where this wine is at.

FOOD:
Island creek oyster and cavier
Lobster butternut bisque
Pan roasted duck breast
Braised beef short rib
Black forest chocolate cake — 2 days ago

with Brenda

Ron Siegel

9.4

This was surprisingly open & expressive with rich dark fruits, sweet on the palate, savory spice, meat, pepper mineral & violet — 2 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.2

Dark fruits, lots of spice, meat, olive, underbrush & violet — 2 months ago

Vanessa

9.2

Okay this wine was amazingly delicious but was undoubtedly quite young in this present moment.

There is so much more potential to unveil over time.

It has concentrated plum, fig, red currant, pomegranate, boysenberry notes next to licorice, meat, earth, peat, clove notes. Tannins and acidity are firm.

With time, we anticipate edges will be soften and complexity will be deepen with more tertiary notes and we cannot wait to revisit this wine down the road again. — 6 days ago

with Deked1

Ron Siegel

9.4

Youthful & mostly primary that you can approach now with its dark cherry, berry fruits, lots of spice, underbrush, meat & violet — a month ago

Ron Siegel

9.3

Dark, inky with its red & black cherry, berry fruit, lots of meat, blood, iron, spice, graphite & violets — 2 months ago