Tom Garland

9.5

1 hour decant(lots of sediment). A splendid dark magenta color with some bricking. On the nose: expressive perfumed notes of dark fruit, cream brulee, musky wet earth, mint, black olives, leather. Taste: silky, opulent, balanced, elegant wine with blackberry/dark cherry, currants, minerals, coffee mocha, and a spiced graphite long lingering finish. YUM! This wine will blow you away! — 7 days ago

with Brenda

Tom Garland

9.3

1 hour decant(decent chunky sediment). A splendid still dark magenta color at 25 years. On the nose: Seductive notes of brambly stewed dark fruit, eucalyptus, worn leather, herbaceous, smoked meat. Taste: silky, rich, still vibrant wine with dried dark cherry/blackberry, herbs, loamy soil, chocolate espresso, and a spiced cedar licorice long lingering finish. YUM!!! — 2 months ago

Tom Garland

9.0

Decant for sediment(minimal sediment)and pour. A majestic still dark magenta with some bricking. On the nose: beautiful notes of dark fruit, pencil shavings, menthol, potting soil, floral, grilled meat. Taste: silky wine with blackberry/dark cherry, black tea, cinnamon, minerals, licorice, graphite and a dry, astringent, spiced espresso medium plus finish with a touch of heat. Finish is not working for me, but see how it evolves as the night goes. — 3 months ago

with Brenda

Tom Garland

9.1

Double decant and pour(some fine sediment). A splendid still dark magenta color with bricking. On the nose: Beautiful areomatics of blackberry, cigar box, worn leather, green vegi, bandaid(brett). Taste: savory, elegant, structured wine with some sour cherry, currants, tobacco leaf, charred earth, and a crushef rock-coffee medium finish. Sure, on the downside, but still drinks savory good tonight. — 6 months ago

with Brenda

Tom Garland

9.4

1 hour decant(some fine/cloudy sediment). A striking still dark magenta color with a little bricking. On the nose: Captivating savory notes of stewed dark fruit, mushroom, worn leather, charcoal, stewed meat, and touch of cinnamon. Taste: powerful, bold, structured wine with dark plum, dark chocolate, green bell pepper, earth, and a dusty, baking spice-cedar long finish with maybe a touch of heat and just slightly grippy tannins YUM! Drinking well with time to go. — a year ago

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Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.3

A murky purple magenta color, but still appears young. Very aromatic with beautiful notes of blackberry, perfume followed by sandalwood, wet rich soil, pencil lead and sweet oak. Tastes young with tannins still present leaving many years for aging. Primary flavors of blackberry cedar and bitter sweet chocolate with secondary notes of cassis, new leather, pepper, dried herbs, and gravel giving it a long dry finish. Should pair with our Neapolitan marinara pizza and pasta dinner tonight. Looking forward to see what another several years will add to its flavor profile. — 3 years ago

with Karin and Jill

Tom Garland

9.3

1 hour decant(decent chunky/cloudy sediment). A gorgeous dark murky purplish magenta color. On the nose: some dark cherry/blueberry, forest floor, chocolate mint, cedar. Taste: velvety, creamy, rich mouthcoating wine with a little dark cherry, earth, leather, crushed stone, and a tar/cedar long finish. Better place 2 years ago, not sure more time will do anything so drink em up — 3 years ago

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Tom Garland

8.9

1/2 hour decant(decent sediment). A gorgeous still dark purplish magenta color. On the nose: seductive perfumed notes of dark fruit, smoked meat, funky earth, cigar box, pencil lead, vanilla oak. Taste: savory wine with dried dark fruit, graphite and gravel, iron, and a kinda astringent smokey tobacco finish. Not my cup of tea...maybe bottle flaw. — 6 days ago

with Brenda

Tom Garland

9.1

+1 hour decant(decent chunky sediment). A splendid brooding magenta color. On the nose: Seductive perfumed notes of dark fruit, cassis, vanilla, pencil shavings, smokey cedar, tobacco leaf. Taste: creamy, structured wine with cherry/plum, graphite, tar, earth, espresso, and a dry medium plus leather finish. YUM! — a month ago

with Brenda

Tom Garland

9.3

1 hour decant(some fine/cloudy sediment). A striking still dark purplish magenta color. On the nose: Intoxicating notes of stewed dark fruit, floral, potting soil, cinnamon, mint, coffee grounds. Taste: silky, balanced, savory, creamy, juicy wine with dried blackberry, currants, dark chocolate, earth, mocha, crushed stone, and a peppery graphite long finish. YUM! Somewhere in its peaked drinking window so drink em if you got em. Unfortunately, my last bottle. — 3 months ago

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Richard Adams

9.4

10 year old burg and going strong. Layered richness. Lemon rind, butterscotch, slight oak. — 5 months ago

Tom Garland

9.4

1 hour decant(decent fine/cloudy sediment). A striking dark purplish magenta color. On the nose: Captivating aromatics jump from the glass with blackberry, stewed plum, black olive brine, truffles, smoked meat, little funky earth. Taste: dark plum/cherry, dark chocolate espresso, smoke, dried herbs and a minerally meaty medium plus finish. YUM!!! — a year ago

with Brenda

Tom Garland

9.3

1/2 hour decant(decent fine/cloudy sediment). A remarkable dark purplish magenta. On the nose: blackberry liquor, floral, smokey, baking spice, herbaceous. Taste: plush, round wine with dark fruit, graphite, iron, black pepper, cedar and a dark cherry/vanilla bean medium plus finish. YUM! — 2 years ago

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ESF

9.6

Revisiting this classic - an All-Timer — 3 years ago

Tom Garland

9.5

1.5 hour decant(little sediment). A gorgeous dark magenta color. On the nose: dark fruit, that Cayuse funk(luv it), smoked meat, burnt caramel, bell pepper, orange rind. Taste: bold, polished, savory wine with blackberry, grilled cherry, bacon fat, minerals, gamey, and a long lingering peppery finish. YUM! Delicious. — 20 days ago

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Tom Garland

9.3

1 hour decant(little fine sediment). A gorgeous still dark magenta with bricking. On the nose: Seductive notes of red fruit, forest floor, eucalyptus, stewed meat, pencil shavings, soy sauce, touch of cinnamon. Taste: silky, polished, intense wine with brambly plum/blackberry, graphite, dark chocolate, smoke, and a peppery licorice medium plus finish. YUM! — 2 months ago

with Brenda

Tom Garland

9.4

Had to get off this frustrating app for a month. Looks like it might be working, so let's see how long this takes to post

1 hour decant(decent sediment). A wondrous dark magenta with bricking. On the nose: Captivating notes of dark fruit, leather, nutmeg, cinnamon, herbaceous, vanilla toast. Taste: velvety, rich wine with dark cherry/plum, potting soil, crushed stone, spice, licorice, and a chocolate espresso long finish. YUM! — 4 months ago

Tom Garland

9.4

1.5 hour decant(little fine sediment). A striking dark magenta color. On the nose: Inviting notes of dark berries, sandalwood, herbaceous, smoked meat, potting soil. Taste: silky, layered, balanced wine with dark plum/cherry, dried herbs, spice, and a cedar/mocha java lingering long finish. YUM!! — 8 months ago

with Brenda

Tom Garland

9.4

1 hour decant(some fine/cloudy sediment). A splendid dark purplish magenta color. On the nose: expressive notes of dark brambly fruit, currants, floral, milk chocolate, planting soil, and eucalyptus. Taste: silky, jammy mouthcoating wine with dark plum/cherry, earth, licorice, dark chocolate, and a long graphite/coffee ground finish. YUM! — 2 years ago

with Brenda

Tom Garland

9.3

Decant for sediment and pour(decent chunky/fine sediment). A remarkable dark purplish magenta with some bricking. On the nose: some plum, currants, herbaceous, baking spice, touch of tobacco and milk chocolate. Taste: creamy, balanced, savory wine with currants, tobacco, green bell pepper, spiced dark cherry, clove. YUM! — 3 years ago

with Brenda