Needs 60 minutes to calm down. Do not drink before then.
Nose is tropical. Lovely.
Palate -elegant tropical fruit. Sort of this creamy tropical elegance.
Long elegant tropical finish.
As this opens it becomes much more elegant. Almost a tropical perfume.
An hour in this gets crazy. Tropical flower perfume. Insane. Oh my god. Like a walk in a rainforest filled with tropical fruits during a rainstorm with the rain aerating the first with tropical fruit and flower perfume. Elite aromatics. Jesus Christ good. Palate is elegant. Almost golden. With a bit more grip and density this would be even higher scoring. Internal aromatics are a thing of beauty. Papaya guava. Wow. Wow. Wow.
Bought from fass selections — 4 years ago
This has so much life left in it. Tastes like dark berries that got covered in dust after a rainstorm. Hints of vanilla and spices. Really well integrated tannins. An awesome wine. — 6 years ago
Good wine for seafood. On the sweeter side. — 3 years ago
Dark as boar’s blood. Smells, dense, ripe and strange. Inky perhaps. Flavors are balanced, juicy, and dry. Lots of licorice, berry and some brandy, bourbon tones. Plenty of cigar and hot road tar in a rainstorm on the backside. Hints of mugwort and artemisia perhaps too. This is a clean and rich Napa style wine with complexity. Could age for a while with the tannins. Not fully funky, but interesting. — 3 years ago
An unexpected rainstorm led to an impromptu lunch at the museum where this was on the wine list. Great mouthfeel and well balanced. — 5 years ago
Somewhat dry and delicious with artichokes. Mom and Kathy like it. — 5 years ago
Tree Kilpatrick
Classic, delicious. Smoke and wild herbs (sage, coyote-bush, chamois) after a rainstorm. Has a lovely fruit, rose-hip and hibiscus blend of flavors. This is excellent Côtes du Rhône. ‘On point’, as they say. — 5 months ago