Jay Kline

9.2

From arguably the oldest vines in California, the Mission vines at Deaver Ranch were planted by John James Davis in 1854. While the Mission variety may be considered obscure by today’s standards, back in the day, it was the common variety being cultivated in California. It’s a versatile variety which served multiple purposes. Anymore, it’s rare to find a serious dry wine made with Mission. Thankfully, Tegan Passalacqua has been known to occasionally make such a wine from these historic plantings.

Popped and poured; enjoyed over the course of several hours. The 2019 pours a pale garnet color with a transparent core; medium viscosity with no staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is developing with notes of confected cherry, watermelon Jolly Rancher®️, strawberry, rhubarb, semi-dried hay and soft minerals. On the palate, the wine is dry with medium tannin and medium acid. Confirming the notes from the nose. The finish is medium. There is something unexplainable about how remarkable this wine is. There’s humility to it A wine full of wisdom. I wish I had more to try down the road alas, I was only allocated a single bottle. However, I am so grateful for the one and to be able to share it with some old friends and some new friends. Drink now through 2034+. — 24 days ago

Conrad Green

9.6

Lovely complete and complex fruit. Plum and red cherry. Herbs. Blood and iron. Complex. Excellent — 5 months ago

with Matt and Paul

Raul Puga

9.4

Really good and really interesting history for this varietal. #berserkerdaybuys — 13 days ago

Ron Siegel

9.4

From a recently opened owc that was showing red, black fruits with some plum, cedar, leather, spice box, cigar box & tobacco — 14 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.0

No formal notes . Medium deep ruby . This seems a bit more advanced . This is a bit harder and more structured on the palate , more tannin , less velvety and a bit more astringent . More spicy , drier on the palate . This needed more time to open . This was quite difficult to judge , I wasn’t 100% convinced about this bottle as it just seemed a little oxidative, however it did actually seemed to come together better after an hour or so , but still quite hard and astringent in comparison to the others (especially La Mission) . Showed a touch more mineral and grafite on the finish too after a while. This needed time , and I would imagine another bottle might tell a different story . — 3 months ago

Brian

9.0

2021 vintage — 9 months ago

Ron Siegel

9.5

This had the classic LM character showing black fruits, a smoky, cedar, leather note along with licorice, spice box, mocha, graphite & tobacco — 5 days ago

Alessandro Dalle Carbonare

9.9

MGM
Wow. Just one hour of air into the bottle and he’s already delivering so much.
This is an amazing wine. — 17 days ago

Andrew Cullimore

9.1

Quite bright medium ruby , ruby pink rim . Quite elegant and reserved , some red cherry, violet , summer fruits , scorched earth , touch of spice . On the palate quite elegant also , summer fruits, blackberry , blackcurrant , red plum . Good balanced acidity , herbal touches on the medium length , saline tinged finish . Quite polished but still grippy tannins . This is showing well , especially with food , but has a relatively long future , from now and over the next 5-10 years. A very successful second wine . — 4 months ago

Joshua Figg

9.5

Fruit forward and very jammy. Silky and velvety smooth. Full bodied. Rich, excellent! — 9 months ago