Not much of a departure from the 2014 version. Red and black fruits with some baking spice and vanilla. Perhaps the oak wasn’t quite as lavish with this one...or maybe it was slightly better integrated. Regardless, it’s good at the sale price of $22; probably a disappointment at the regular price of $40. Drink now through 2022.
Not much of a departure from the 2014 version. Red and black fruits with some baking spice and vanilla. Perhaps the oak wasn’t quite as lavish with this one...or maybe it was slightly better integrated. Regardless, it’s good at the sale price of $22; probably a disappointment at the regular price of $40. Drink now through 2022.
May 3rd, 2019This was an interesting one, picked up for $20 but I think it retails for over $40. At the $20 price point, it delivers. Dark fruited, tobacco, vanilla...lavishly oaked. It’s a wine that was proudly made and a more than decent quaffer but it’s not terribly exciting. At the normal price, it wouldn’t be very good QPR IMO.
This was an interesting one, picked up for $20 but I think it retails for over $40. At the $20 price point, it delivers. Dark fruited, tobacco, vanilla...lavishly oaked. It’s a wine that was proudly made and a more than decent quaffer but it’s not terribly exciting. At the normal price, it wouldn’t be very good QPR IMO.
Feb 25th, 2019
Sage and other herbs on the nose. Blackberry fruit on the silky palate. Plenty of oak, mostly new, add grippy tannins leading to a fine finish. This one will improve with bottle age to be sure.
Sage and other herbs on the nose. Blackberry fruit on the silky palate. Plenty of oak, mostly new, add grippy tannins leading to a fine finish. This one will improve with bottle age to be sure.
May 3rd, 2016
Napa Valley, California, USA
