Walla Walla, yum!!
This lovely wine offers notes of blueberry, plum, blackberry preserves, black cherry, licorice, anise, peppercorn, violet, green bell pepper, black olive, bacon, peat moss, and pipe tobacco.
It has 12.5% ABV. Its vintage is 2016. — 5 days ago
Mature and really nice. Nose has very pure, ripe dark berry fruit with a ripe peach note, smoky embers, and gravel. In the palate it’s soft and mouthfilling, with a rich texture that is not overbearing. Loads of stony minerality in a long finish. Tannins resolving. — 3 days ago
Deep purple, med + body, med tannin, med acid, 14.7% abv, off dry to slightly sweet. Cedar, black cherry, overripe raspberry, tobacco, figgy, clove, oak, plum — 25 days ago
Brought to Tasting Group from my cellar and presented to the group double-blind. The wine presents a deep ruby color with moderate staining of the tears. Medium viscosity. On the nose, notes of strawberry, cherry candy, watermelon juice, menthol, green herbs oregano thyme, and cedar. On the palate, the wine is dry and structure is medium+ across the board. The finish is long, tart, mineral and woody but not in a new oak sort of way. Everyone was in the Old World with guesses ranging from Burgundy to Rioja. To be fair, not many in Napa makes Zinfandel like this anymore…if any at all. Lovely stuff. — 2 days ago
Still wonderful, this time with Pat’s spaghetti ($27) — 17 days ago
Seemed like maybe it needed a few more hours to breathe. Tasty but not explosive with complexity that I was expecting. — 25 days ago
David Shaw
Hard to believe this is Pinot Gris, so much color! Ruby red with an orange tinge, very good clarity with some lees sediment. Citrus note in nose, grapefruit and plum notes in mouth with mineral finish. The winemaker gets Italian plum and pomegranate in this, I can see the former. Really different wine, easy to sip but fair amount of skin tannins, maceration here. Good acid, fresh fruity flavors but subtly so — 21 days ago