Quarantine materials ready. Creature comforts are getting me through this thing. Give me good coffee, pavement to pound, a pen that dances on the page, a worn notebook with still empty pages to fill, jazz weaving the air, and a bottle of wine, and I will kill all the time there is.
A magenta shawl in the glass.
Earth’s fragrance caught in a bottle. Sweet, sweet clay. Leather. Intense plums and orange zest. Sea breeze. This is a memorable and rich bouquet.
Subtle smoke quality reminiscent of the char in the bark of good brisket. A reserved dark fruit quality which is there, but just teases you as a spicy black peppercorn note swings in for a jab. It’s smooth.
An eloquence in the expression and structure. Like a mathematical proof or a line of poetry you cannot easily forget.
It slaps. — 5 years ago
Excellent brutal. Drank during jazz fest weekend. — 2 years ago
So pleasant. Cherry and red berry and all that jazz, but electric on its feet. The person who just knows everybody at a wedding and has rhythm and moves on the dance floor. Delightful — 3 years ago
Nice well balanced Syrah. Smooth and drinks really well right after opening on the patio with some jazz. — 5 years ago
Perfect dinner wine, not to mellow, just enough jazz — 3 years ago
Perfectly paired with a hot summer day of jazz in the park — 3 years ago
Sweet and drinkable on its own. Has notes of strawberries and has a full bodied feel — 4 years ago
Orange funk but not crazy funk - this isn’t free jazz - it’s bright, but rich - not cloying - tasty with a frisée lardon salad — 5 years ago
Jeff Thompson
2019 vintage with Debbie and Jazz Nov 3, 2023 — a year ago