2021 WeatherEye Estate Clairette. Saline, fresh, good acidity. Perfect match with fish based dishes. — a year ago
Excellent ganache, good depth and complexity. — 3 months ago
2012 Big. Spicy. Deep ruby color. Dense. — 3 months ago
Perfumed violets, iron, blood orange, pepper. — a year ago
I’m fortunate to have had a lot of Kobayashi wines, both with and without Travis, but his “regular” Syrah is a wine I’ve probably had the least amount of times. I brought this as a part of a massive Syrah lineup (‘83 Voge Cornas, ‘91 Chapoutier Hermitage, ‘18 SamiOdi HD, ‘13 and ‘20 Lillian, etc) and it showed very well.
Compared to Travis’s other wines, this showed very primary/fruit forward. Deep purple in the glass and the aromatics were, astoundingly, similar to the ‘18 SamiOdi HD next to it (sweet perfume/potpurri)…so deeply floral and intoxicatingly intriguing. The palate is commanding with an interplay of ripe and juicy black berry fruit and savory/smoky notes toward the finish with just a kiss of sweet blue fruit. The finish is massively structured (even after following this for a few days). Wish I had an older vintage to see how these evolve, but it’s undeniably balanced and a tasty expression of WA state Syrah. — 3 months ago
Blood orange, iron, violets, current, pepper corns. — a year ago
Juan Pablo Perez
Nariz: piña y frutas tropicales, flores blancas, miel, limon algo de madera
Boca: Acidez M, mas acidico y refrescante de lo que esperaba, Alcohol M/M+.
— 24 days ago