Shay A

9.2

Wanting to open one of these for a friend who is a fan, I pop and poured half the bottle, then corked and enjoyed the rest later in the evening.

I had the D&R Rodnick Mourvèdre early this year and was a bit underwhelmed. This Evangelho was much more lively, fresh and floral. This reflects much more of the D&R style (carbonic flair, crunchy bright fruits) than it does varietal (not meaty/savory in any way). Translucent purple in the glass with violets and sweet carbonic aromatics. The palate sports underripe blue and black fruits up front but the finish turns very herb crusted black cherry and dried cranberry. Zippy acidity. Fun and easy to drink. — 3 years ago

Sabina Colombeau

9.4

Jolie Laide — 7 years ago

Brandon Boesch

9.4

Magnificent. Tastes like flowers blooming near the sea. Would like to have with oysters. Great acidity. Definitely needs some air and is better at cellar temp. — 4 years ago

Jody Scharf

9.2

Raisiny, light acid, light color. Today a shout out God bless to the supermarket workers who make little and put up with too much! — 5 years ago

Rhonely Boy

9.2

100% Mourvèdre, Chalone AVA

Super enjoyable and approachable, young and fruity, in the cranberry realm. Enjoy now, which I did, maybe additional notes later from another bottle :)

100% whole clusters and fermented 11 months in neutral 550 liter puncheons. 13.8% ABV

Great first varietal release! More, please!

Surprised and excited by this release. Had bounced the idea of a varietal Mourvèdre bottling some years ago. Unfortunately was outside of the scope and vision at the time. ... but here it is today, hooray!


— 4 years ago

Dawn E.

8.9

I let this decant for 2 days then put a slight chill on it! This is light...refreshing and a fun wine...different for sure! Cranberries..raspberries.rose petals..plum..bacon fat and baking spices!
@Severn Goodwin 1st hummingbird 5/5! Late from last year..Cooler and wet here! — 6 years ago