Wine 2, with rack of lamb. Decanted for 6+ hours. Brambly fruit, blackberry, briar, cocoa, and oak. Plenty of tannins to work through. These wines need a ton of time to really express themselves. Definitely not a pop and pour. Holding ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘19, and ‘20.
Gonna be a really fun vertical in 2030 and beyond.
Wine 2, with rack of lamb. Decanted for 6+ hours. Brambly fruit, blackberry, briar, cocoa, and oak. Plenty of tannins to work through. These wines need a ton of time to really express themselves. Definitely not a pop and pour. Holding ‘15, ‘16, ‘17, ‘18, ‘19, and ‘20.
Gonna be a really fun vertical in 2030 and beyond.
Dec 26th, 2024Tightly wound. Great wine but needs more time in bottle or if drinking now more time out of bottle (multiple hours).
Dark brambly fruit. Tobacco. Earth. Juicy at 13% abv.
Tightly wound. Great wine but needs more time in bottle or if drinking now more time out of bottle (multiple hours).
Dark brambly fruit. Tobacco. Earth. Juicy at 13% abv.
Jun 9th, 2023
Peppercorn, juicy blackberries and black cherries. Clove and earthy funk. Moderate to moderate plus acidity, elevated smooth tannins. 13% abv.
Peppercorn, juicy blackberries and black cherries. Clove and earthy funk. Moderate to moderate plus acidity, elevated smooth tannins. 13% abv.
1 person found it helpfulDec 2nd, 2018
Dark cherry, leather, savory, soft tannin
Dark cherry, leather, savory, soft tannin
1 person found it helpfulMar 11th, 2014
14 months American oak...tame, soft, beautiful Petite Syrah
14 months American oak...tame, soft, beautiful Petite Syrah
1 person found it helpfulApr 28th, 2013
Extraordinarily pronounced new American oak on the nose, but the palate of far more subtle. Oak quickly dissipates to show mulling spices, leather, rubber, peppercorn, soil, orange-crusted clove....I could go on forever. This is a fascinating wine. So glad I have 2 more bottles.
Extraordinarily pronounced new American oak on the nose, but the palate of far more subtle. Oak quickly dissipates to show mulling spices, leather, rubber, peppercorn, soil, orange-crusted clove....I could go on forever. This is a fascinating wine. So glad I have 2 more bottles.
Dec 24th, 2016
Dry Creek Valley, Sonoma County, California, USA
