Jocholla

9.0

Strawberry and raspberry, light enough to crush all summer, sturdy enough to hold up to some medium heavy grilled food. Dig this producer and the wine didn’t disappoint. — 3 days ago

Bruce Sibbett

9.0

Lovely white wine, easily get through a bottle of this — 4 months ago

Todd Scurci

9.3

#elkcovevineyards #rosè #barharborwines — 10 months ago

with Annie

Tom Elliot

Founder Northwest Wines

9.5

Grand Cru quality. Great wine at 7 years with a good 10 more to go. — a year ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.2

2022 vintage. Medium body. Big boysenberry right off the bat. Juicy. Could use some more tannins. Maybe they’ll show up at some point. 3.27.24. — 2 years ago

Rufus King

9.2

Complex, juicy and spicy, Willamette Pinot Noir, with slightly astringent finish, birthday gift (Urban Grape) — 5 years ago

barak heller hayun

8.9

simple... nothing too special. balanced snd without anything to make you stop for a minute and think.
more on the grigio side than the gris side.
quaffable. it is what it is.

paired well with homemade 🍕 — 2 months ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.3

Ruby with elegant red fruit aromas and gentle floral spice, aged for 10 months in French oak. On the palate flavors of cherry and cranberry with notes of tea, herb pepper with wet stone notes. Soft tannins on a long finish ending with fruit, spice and earthy mineral notes. Very Nice! — 6 months ago

Kendyl Condon

9.8

Perfect tannins, full, citrus, earthy — a year ago

Cool Hand Luke

9.2

Juicy pear and apple — 2 years ago

Jess

9.2

Pale lemon color.
Aromas of green fruit.
Dry. Flavors of lime, guava, subtle salty minerality.

Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 5/5
Finish: 5/5 — 2 years ago

Mark Aronica

8.9

Great with Thanksgiving dinner. — 6 years ago

Robert Komoto

8.9

Citrus but a long finish. — 6 years ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.0

2024 vintage. Light-medium/medium body. Slightly more tart on the finish than the previous vintage. That’s not necessarily a bad thang. 4.8.26. — 3 months ago

K Brooks

9.3

Delicious with Pat’s grilled steak. Flavorful, fruity, elegant — 4 months ago

Pooneet K

9.2

Nice wine. Last had 2 years ago and probably should have let this one go a bit further but so it goes. Decanted for 2 hours which was the right call. Quite a bit of structure with some nice red fruit mixed with soy and earth. Long finish, with medium minus tannins and good acid. Would be one to try in 5-10 years. — 6 months ago

Scott@Mister A’s-San Diego

9.4

2022 vintage. Medium-heavy body. A tad plushy with a pleasant, berry finish. Crowd-pleaser. 01.09.25. — a year ago

Kathryn McCarty

9.3

Amazing! Look up the rating scores! — 3 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.0

Substantial Pinot. Black cherry rollup, blackberry. Still needs a few years. Impressive, still. — 5 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

A producer bottling I’ve not had. This came to be in my procession via a wine exchange with @Severn Goodwin.

This 03 Jade is In fine shape due to its quality production and Severn’s excellent storage of it.

Nose reveals ripe, slightly stewed & baked; dark cherries, blackberries, mixture fresh of our fruits as well as blue fruits with hints of faint poached strawberries. Sweet tarriness, black licorice, black pepper, dark steeped fruit tea, expresso roast, bay leaf, dry crushed rocks, barrel shavings, dark, rich earthiness with dry leaves, mid dark spice, limestone minerals, dry top soil, underbrush with fresh & withering; dark, red, purple, blue florals framed in heavy lavender and soft violets.

The palate is, ripe, rich, elegant, round and lush. After roughly 15 years in bottle, she shows, rounded, dusty, chewy/meaty, dry tannins. The structure, tension, balance & length are just the other side of its peak. The fruits like the nose are slightly stewed & baked; dark cherries, blackberries, mixture fresh of our fruits as well as blue fruits with hints of faint poached strawberries. Sweet tarriness, anise to black licorice, cinnamon, vanilla, black pepper, smoked meats, dark steeped fruit tea, expresso roast, bay leaf, dry crushed rocks, old tobacco, barrel shavings, dark, rich earthiness with dry leaves, mid dark spice, limestone minerals, dry top soil, very dry underbrush, some tree bark/sap with brilliant, fresh & withering; dark, red, purple, blue florals framed in heavy lavender and soft violets. The acidity is really nice...like a cool mountain stream. The long finish is delicious and persist endlessly into dry, dark spice on the long set.

Still has another 3-5 years of good drinking ahead of it depending on your storage and the age you like your wine to show.

Photos of; Previous Owner-Jim Paras (left) with Winemaker Douglas Danielak, Paras Vineyard Syrah clusters ready for harvest and their Paras Vineyard.

Producer notes, San Francisco Lawyer Jim Paras started the winery in 1984. At the time, he produced about 8,000 cases a year of Syrah, Merlot, Mourvhdre and Viognier. In 1994, Chalone began distributing his wines and eventually bought the winery in 2000. — 6 years ago