2009. Mint, eucalyptus, cedar dust, dried raspberry, orange peel, pomegranate, and sage. Showing some brick tinges but no flavor deterioration. Cinnamon, cedar and dried maduro, savory, cranberry and dusty raspberry, roobios tea, cracked pepper, cardamom, nutmeg and a tiny bit of blistered pepper.
Intense and silky; shifting strata of immense complexity.
#closdeslambrays #grandcru #domainedeslambrays #bourgognerouge #bourgogne #geandcrudebourgogne #redburgundywine #redburg #redburgundy — 4 years ago
Very surprised by this! Extremely light, but full of flavor. Great with seafood! — 5 years ago
Hey hiiii I opened this for my first solo pod recording but don’t you babies worry I drunk dialed a friend at the end so you hear someone else. This wine‽ Smells like what you thought high-school-autumn would taste like in junior high. Tastes like a damn good adult vacay to say...I dunno autumn leaves in Vermont? I’ve never done that but if I’m ever allowed to leave LA again (“Safer at Home” mandates staying in place so I dream). Essentially this is your perfect Cali Pinot. If called to make a J Vineyards fave call? Well I would need to taste this beside the Strata bottling (in my Taco Bell pairing column) but gosh it’s good. — 6 years ago
Pear and paw-paw, lemon pudding, pineapple spray, and lime zest form the atmosphere, riveting pine and lime interplay on landing, chalky and dusty brown touch, getting steely and framing a lemon peel and racy peach skin that recalls a Condrieu strata that keeps it very interesting indeed. #southafricanwine #cheninblanc #steen — 11 years ago
New Anthem Beer Project : Clapback (Strata Triple Dry Hopped)
hand select Citra in the kettle, whirlpool, and then twice in a very generous double dry hop ~ THEN dry hopped a final time w Strata
honeydew and cantaloupe, then passion fruit and mango, w hints of citrus (grapefruit and maybe orange julius) — 4 years ago
Really nice wine, drank while watching a movie, really enjoyed. — 6 years ago
Big mint chocolate, spruce, damson reduction, cinnamon dusted cedar, ripest blackberry, violet, vanilla bean and even a shadow of juniper on this warm and fuzzy Howell Mountain nose. Medium mouthfeel echoes the damson, presenting bay leaf, smoky raspberry, a touch of graphite and blueberry skins in a tightly rolled and endlessly layered sub-strata that stretches to the horizon. #Trio #bravantevineyards #howell #howellmountain #napavalleyred #napawine #Napa — 8 years ago
Stony-steely yesterday, a little patience reveals a lady of considerable refinement, with lemon softness coming to the fore. The truncated and almost wholly muted boa became expansive with pansy and peonies, the minerality gaining strata, and pairing with a range of flavors. Semillon-esque but with a 10 foot backbone. Glad I waited. — 10 years ago
Only 300 btls produced? Wondering if that is accurate, but no matter. This was a beautiful wine! Everything one cod want in a bottle. Seductive dark blueberry fruits without all the sugar, a mineral and earth strata to tone it down, judicious oak to frame it all. Fine art! Really delicious, and the tannins were exquisitely integrated. A menagerie of amuse bouches from soft smoke, to crisp plum, black cherry, to forrest scrub, black olive, roasted currant, truffle, etc. Will drink this again! — 11 years ago
Our go to Friday night Pinot Noir. Always a lovely wine, balanced, full of fruit, and delicious. — 4 years ago
At alta strata — 5 years ago
SF Born and raised — 8 years ago
My favorite affordable Chardonnay from one of my favorite vineyards. The bitter really shines with spicy food and strawberries. — 10 years ago
2014. Lemon pulp, juicy grape skin bite, pineapple, marjoram? Very nice tropical-style alb. — 11 years ago
Right up my strata — 12 years ago
JoEll White
Yeasty, a little barnyard funk, strawberries, currants. Great tiny bubbles. Perfect for this snowy, blustery day with a ham and cheese croissant strata — 6 months ago