What I didn’t realize until this week is when I bought this 2013, Sofia & I tasted this with Roger in his cellar before it received the label shown in this post in 2015.
This was $25 on release and it is beautiful tonight as it was last weekend.
Ripe, juicy; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum, purple fruits, blueberries & some dark cherries. Grilled meats, light black pepper, dry galet stones, spice, dry top soil, dry tobacco, used leather, slightly moist volcanic mineral mixed w/ clay, sandalwood, dry & withering dark, red & purple florals, rainfall acidity, a well balanced, nicely structured, beautifully tensioned, balanced, elegant finish that last two-minutes and lands on minerality and florals.
Photos that Sofia & I took in 2015, wood vats, my backside looking at cement tanks, estate vineyard and their facility building. — 8 months ago
Brought to dinner by a friend. Might be my first from this region. Quite decent. — 3 months ago
I have and should keep in stock — 8 months ago
almost as good as the Chateauneuf of the same year. Ripe white fruit and hint of citrus. — 3 years ago
At 16 yrs still going strong. Currents and herbs. Nice wine — 4 years ago
Complex white blend with honeysuckle and apricot notes and wet stone and minerality tones — a year ago
Birthday dinner w Emma’s olive garlic chicken and Emma wants to drink it! — 5 years ago
Neil Valenzuela
Deep ruby color. Aromas of black fruit, pepper and oak. Blackberry flavors, with leather and baking spices on the finish. — 17 days ago