David Shaw

9.0

Excellent clarity, moderate pigment extraction, ruby red with purple tinge. Raspberry and white pepper aromas, raspberry, white pepper and black tea flavors, as promised on back label. Lots of loose seedy tannins on finish with a kids’ grape fruit juice aftertaste. Needs time to open. After an hour, tart, moderate astringency. After three hours, the raspberry and white pepper flavors were fully resolved, but the skin tannins were still largely expressive with all their astringency. Decant even longer! — 4 days ago

David Shaw

9.2

Revisiting the vintage — 9 months ago

David Shaw

9.1

Last bottle of vintage — a year ago

David Shaw

9.0

Revisiting the vintage — 11 days ago

Maggie Harrison

9.2

meaty, floral, garrigue, finessed, firm but open tannins. — 3 months ago

Norman Gennaro

9.0

Back home. Held these way too long but it’s still holding strong. — 9 months ago

Michael Malpiedi

9.1

Savage! Lots of fruit even on day 3. Sheesh — 2 years ago

David Shaw

9.2

Light yellow, excellent clarity, citrus and thyme aromas, flavors of sweet lemon, lime with minerals and an almost creamy finish. Lime aftertaste. Super crisp overall. Pair with food, ideally. — a month ago

David Shaw

9.1

New vintage, yummy blackberries and, er, tobacco. Becoming a favorite. After 30 minutes, a healthy dose of fine-grained skin astringency emerges. Tangy or slightly tart on finish, with plenty of mouth-coating skin tannins. Worth decanting a couple of hours — 6 months ago

David Shaw

9.2

Revisiting the vintage — 10 months ago