Paradox

Cellers Can Blau

Blau Montsant Red Blend

Great from paradox — a year ago

Niepoort (Vinhos) S.A.

Vintage Porto Port Blend 2017

Shockingly powerful and electric. This starts with the youthful, bright purple appearance of a young, gently extracted syrah. The nose is a riotous, almost comedic mix aromas that are also echoed as flavors on the palate: grape cola, cocoa, blueberry, purple plum, cough syrup and black raspberry, all making their appearance as if on a stage. There are also inscrutable notes of playdough, light roast coffee, marzipan, cigar, tar, black currant leaf and green plum. Texturally this is a paradox, both dense and light, chalky and humming with energy. The sensory explosion carries for some time trailing off into prickly, silky tannins on the finish. Though it stains your mouth, you never notice such is the brilliant lightness of the wine. Perfect wine in the making. — 3 years ago

Tom, Brendan and 26 others liked this

Penfolds

St. Henri Shiraz 2018

A precocious melange of serendipitous paradox. This fruity tomb births a scent not smelled since the pharaohs, and a taste that hits the palette like a woman’s breasts gently brushing your face at the local bordelaise. — 3 years ago

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The Vice

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2017

The Vice Wines American Paradox Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2017, California

Time for my
#FridayCabernetfix. Here is a delicious one from Napa Valley.

Dark ruby in color, almost Inky, with a bright red rim.

Fruity nose of blackberries, blueberries, cedar, sweet cherries, dried figs, vanilla, licorice, tobacco, spices, light earth, pencil lead and black pepper.

Full bodied, bold and smooth, with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry and fruity on the palate with blackberries, black currants, cooked cherries, earth, cedar, leather, chocolates, tobacco, licorice, peppercorn, vanilla, cola, spices and espresso.

Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cherries.

This is a very tasty wine from Napa Valley. Fruit forward, rich and extracted.

This 4 year old is starting to drink nicely now. A good quality wine that will age nicely in the next 10 years.

Easy drinking and elegant, with a nice mouthfeel. Already showing nice complexity. Showing nice potential to get to a 94+ point wine.

Good right out of the bottle, and gets more complex as it opens up. I gave it 3 hours in a decanter.

Good by itself or with food. A good sipping wine that I paired with meats and cheeses.

15% alcohol by volume.

92 points.

$95.
— 4 years ago

Eric, Trixie and 9 others liked this

Yalumba

Paradox Barossa Shiraz 2015

I’m not across the different sub districts of the Barossa to be fully aware of the different micro climates but this Yalumba wine from the Northern Barossa was sufficiently different with aromas of liquorice blue fruits and tar. Spice black pepper and Soft tannins. Mouthfilling and delicious. — 2 years ago

Peter, Jan and 15 others liked this

Luca Roagna / Nero di Wongraven

Langhe Rosso 2015

The beauty is in the nuances. Framed as you’d expect in classic Langhe - bright red cherry and leather and serious grip.

Spend a little more time, a few more brain cells, you get rewarded.

Rose petal, graham cracker, textural paradox of velvet and big tannin.
— 3 years ago

Hermes, Tom and 18 others liked this
Jay Kline

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Roagna!!! 🙌🏽