Lush soft tannins that just perfectly wrap a package of mellow strawberry, cherry, plum, black pepper and volcanic ash. This shit is on point, periodt — 24 days ago
Cranberries, tobacco, and a zing of black pepper on the tongue. A Sicilian wine that is worth its salt when so many fall short. Buy again at Total Wine. This is ideal for chill nights at home following intellectual pursuits with a cat on one’s lap. — 7 days ago
Drank 12/30/20.
A selection from the Costco Wine Advent Calendar.
From 325 mL.
Plum, cherry, leather, and a bit of spice scents lead to flavors of black raspberries, black cherry, and leather. A bit lighter, and higher acidity than what I'd expect from most cabs. I would think this had an Italian varietal blended in, but there is no mention of anything other than cab on the label.
3/21/7/5/3 +89 pts. — a month ago
Lower smell, raspberry, sorrel, ruby red, full acidic, jammy body with boysenberry some raspberry and a cutting acid and tannin right under it with a tangy slight blood orange wet finish — 13 days ago
This is actually Ryan’s “Been Away Too Long” bottling, a 100% mourvedre sourced from Denner. If you don’t know these wine, do yourself a favor and try a few bottles. In my opinion he makes the best pure mourvedre outside of France. Unlike most mourvedres, Ryan’s are elegant - more like a grenache - but with great depth of flavor. His wines are very approachable when young, but definitely put on some weight and depth with a few years in the bottle, so my rating will absolutely go up with time. Terrific wines from a small, excellent winery in Paso. Check it out! — a day ago
Medium body with balanced acidity. Green apple, lime, honeysuckle — 5 days ago
Bursting with lemon, spiced candied orange, grapefruit, salinity, exotic vibes. Intoxicating. Fruit cocktail in the best kind of way, succulent peach. Punchy acidity. Well made and seductive. — 17 hours ago
Adriana Fabbro
This is some decadent sh!t: lemon curd, fresh pineapple, vanilla, lemon danish, angel food cake with lemon curd layers and buttercream frosting. Not sweet per se (saten is brut by definition) but ripe — 16 days ago