Calais Winery
La Cuvée du Chêne Texas High Plains Petit Verdot
Texas High Plains, Texas, USA
Floral bouquet and very young raspberry and black cherry immediately hit you after pouring this one into the glass. Immediately you know that you have committed infanticide. As you are contemplating what to do, you are Sinister hand pours a glass of this for you to get a nice with this one on a more personal level. Boysenberry, black fruit, a little bit gamey. Yet, a little bit youthful and floral. What the hell is going on here!? The Sinister hand forces this one to your mouth, to enjoy an immense pallet of black cherry, wild berry pie. The middle of this one dries to a dehydrated red fruit character. Finishes long, with the perfect pairing being leftover Halloween candy from your 4 year old who already forgot she went trick-or-treating this year. So good on so many levels, and this one is still insanely tannic. I give it another 10 or 15 years easily. I would say this is the most immense wine in the Calais lineup other than the Gravitas. Still drank insanely well.
Floral bouquet and very young raspberry and black cherry immediately hit you after pouring this one into the glass. Immediately you know that you have committed infanticide. As you are contemplating what to do, you are Sinister hand pours a glass of this for you to get a nice with this one on a more personal level. Boysenberry, black fruit, a little bit gamey. Yet, a little bit youthful and floral. What the hell is going on here!? The Sinister hand forces this one to your mouth, to enjoy an immense pallet of black cherry, wild berry pie. The middle of this one dries to a dehydrated red fruit character. Finishes long, with the perfect pairing being leftover Halloween candy from your 4 year old who already forgot she went trick-or-treating this year. So good on so many levels, and this one is still insanely tannic. I give it another 10 or 15 years easily. I would say this is the most immense wine in the Calais lineup other than the Gravitas. Still drank insanely well.
Nov 13th, 2018Drinking rather well tonight. Definitely not regretting my decision to purchase a half case of this when I was down in Fredericksburg. This bottle is starting to develop a lot of blue and black fruit, mixed with a lot of spice characteristics. Very full-bodied, and very in-your-face. I would say that out of all the wines I have tasted from Ben, this one wins the award. Lots of violets and lavender on the nose. Absolutely hedonistic and full body wine that is sure to age for another 10 to 20 years. Oh my goodness.
Drinking rather well tonight. Definitely not regretting my decision to purchase a half case of this when I was down in Fredericksburg. This bottle is starting to develop a lot of blue and black fruit, mixed with a lot of spice characteristics. Very full-bodied, and very in-your-face. I would say that out of all the wines I have tasted from Ben, this one wins the award. Lots of violets and lavender on the nose. Absolutely hedonistic and full body wine that is sure to age for another 10 to 20 years. Oh my goodness.
Oct 31st, 20182015 Chene Petit Verdot..... Best bottle of Texas wine I've ever had. This bottle pours a dark purple color into the glass. Nose is lavender, hawthorne, cinnamon and plum. Black tarry color. The entry reveals a FULL BODIED wine. Dark, black plum, earthy, black fruit, red apple cinnamon spice with plum tart overlay. Finishes dark with mint and acidity and youthful oak tannin that is ABUNDANT. This wine is THICK. The acidity from start to finish is quite high which pretty much just tells me that this wine's best days are STILL ahead of it. This glass was enjoyed from Coravin, so I can only imagine how amazing it would be with a 4 hour decant. WOW. Drink 2020-2030.
2015 Chene Petit Verdot..... Best bottle of Texas wine I've ever had. This bottle pours a dark purple color into the glass. Nose is lavender, hawthorne, cinnamon and plum. Black tarry color. The entry reveals a FULL BODIED wine. Dark, black plum, earthy, black fruit, red apple cinnamon spice with plum tart overlay. Finishes dark with mint and acidity and youthful oak tannin that is ABUNDANT. This wine is THICK. The acidity from start to finish is quite high which pretty much just tells me that this wine's best days are STILL ahead of it. This glass was enjoyed from Coravin, so I can only imagine how amazing it would be with a 4 hour decant. WOW. Drink 2020-2030.
Jan 31st, 2018