Spencer Dodd

9.1

Good. Wants some air. Not as much concentration as I’ve been used to for a Beauj of this price point from Morgon, but the other thevenet wine we had was from morgon and was a lot lighter than anticipated so maybe it’s a winemaker style? Lots of raspberries and this interesting briar note on the end, the back end doesn’t have as much going on but… I did have the majority of the bottle without letting it air out a bit. Wife wants to do a side by side with their morgon to compare the stemmyness. Worth a check definitely, makes me want to try more regnie but also solidified my adoration for morgon. But the more this airs the better it gets. Will have to revisit. — a year ago

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9.3

The 2019 Treinspoor, 80% whole-cluster Tinta Barocca matured in old foudre, presents a crisp, well-defined bouquet of blackberry, briar and wild fennel scents, gaining intensity all the time in the glass. The palate is very well balanced with a fine bead of acidity. Taut and crisp, almost pixelated in style, leading to a sensual, mulberry-tinged finish. Very elegant and refined. (Neal Martin, Vinous, April 2021)
— 4 years ago

Keith Crump

9.3

2001 very funky heaps of secondary savoury notes the blackberries faded into briar and tobacco — 4 years ago

Severn Goodwin

9.3

STORAGE is everything.

Correct storage does not magically enlighten all wines, but it enables you to wait until such time that wines crafted with proper parts and proper technique will offer you a higher level of enjoyment.

Our final bottle of this 2003 vintage, purchased in May 2006 for $31 as Achával-Ferrer was beginning their ascension to greatness, with pricing to match.

Decanted 4H.

Similar notes to prior experiences:

Nose has ripe plum, graphite, dried black cherry, dried tart cherry, old leather, dried black currant, slight eucalyptus, dark chocolate, stewed raisin, mashed blackberry, faint chalkboard dust and dried rose.
Palate has sweet prune, semi-sweet chocolate, dried black cherry, sweet-roasted red pepper, dried boysenberry, briar and dry earth. Fine tannins, rich and round the on the finish.

Stellar show on our finale of the vintage...Looking forward to the 2004's. I previously stated this bottle could likely make a 20th birthday in proper storage, looks like it can only make a ~19th birthday in this cellar.

40% Malbec/ 28% Cabernet Sauvignon/ 27% Merlot / 5% Cabernet Franc (4,976 cases) — 3 years ago

Keith Crump

9.0

Edgy with briar and summer blackberries — 4 years ago

Bill Bender

9.3

3 hour decant. Crimson and black fruit, quite structured and powerful, some briar and a dash of cedar. Big and round delivered with more punch than finesse. — 6 years ago

Matt Konopka

9.3

They make such good Zins. Briar & Bramble, dark red fruit. Currants, smoke, tea — 4 years ago

Brendan Baker

9.1

Black cherry, black tea, wooly tannin, briar — 4 years ago

Sarah Petrosky

9.7

Great Pinot... comparable to Meiomi. Will get again. — 4 years ago

Keith Crump

9.2

2012 a grand wine fresh bright with great blackberries and briar long finish — 4 years ago