Paul J

9.1

Birthday dinner @ Nectar.

2nd choice as first bottle wasn’t in stock. PnP. Red color with some bricking. Lovely floral, earthy, and unique nose. Palate was fairly muted but this needs a decant. Medium depth and finish. Decent restaurant list value. — 2 months ago

with Brooke

Jason Brater

9.3

Crazy how youthful this was at 34 years young! Still some vibrant fruit and nice layers. What a wine. Thx to Pauli for sharing! — a year ago

"Odedi"

9.1

It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday.

Dark ruby in color with a wide reddish rim.

Strong spicy nose of raspberries, sweet cherries, light oak, spices, licorice, earth, eucalyptus, herbs and peppercorn.

Full bodied with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate with plums, cherries, raspberries, spices, light oak, herbs, licorice, dark chocolates, peppercorn and earth.

Spicy finish with fine grained tannins and tangy cranberries.

This is a very tasty Merlot based Bordeaux blend from Washington State. An Interesting wine that feels more like a Right Bank Bordeaux. Tangy and spicy.

Right out of the bottle it definitely feels like a new world wine, but once it opens up it changes.

This 3 year old is so very young, and would be better in 3 to 5 years. Will continue to age nicely in the next 10 years.

I really enjoyed the nose, once it opened up. The palate needs some more bottle time, but it has good potential.

Needs time to open up properly, so be patient. I used the Zencore to expedite the process. Took about 8 minutes.

I paired it with a charcuterie board of meats and cheeses.

A blend of 60% Merlot, 34% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Cabernet Franc and 2% Petit Verdot. Aged for 18 months in French oak barrels (55% new).

14.3% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$50. — 3 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.4

Pale golden color, complex aging, 34% new French oak-15 months, 30% stainless-4 months; 18% in Foudre for 9 months; rest concrete egg for 14 months. Aromas of stone fruits, oak, nuts, floral and spice. On the palate flavors of peach and pear with honeysuckle, integrated toasty oak and nice citrus tang. Long finish, ending with a wet stone mineral character. Outstanding! Will age well! — 2 months ago

Byron Hewett

9.1

Very nice. — 4 months ago

Jenks

9.1

As good as Barolo gets for $34. Opened all day, excellent with mushroom Risotto. — 2 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.0

A blend of about 66% Pinot Noir and 34% Chardonnay, light Salmon color with aromas of berry and citrus fruits with floral notes on soft mousse. On the palate flavors of strawberry and raspberry, creamy with lemon citrus texture. Youthful, lively acidity, long finish ending with yeasty spice and mineral notes. — 3 months ago

Dennis Hogenkamp

9.4

14.1% ABV
35% Cab 34% Merlot 13% P.Verdot 13% C. Franc 5% Malbec

Alexander Valley, Geyserville Ranch.

Enjoyed over four evenings. Very nice aromatics, good blend. — 3 months ago

Byron Hewett

9.5

I got to taste this again from 750 the next day at a seminar led by Simon Colin and Pierrick Bouley at Boulder Burgundy Festival. — 2 years ago

Kristie M. Connor

9.6

Lemon, honeydew, white peach, saline, nutmeg, vanilla, baguette — 3 years ago