The follow up to the 03 Leonetti. @Paul T- Huntington Beach & I have been telling readers about older Jones Family Vineyards for some time. If you haven’t had or not tried this producer it will be the last time I try to entice to you to try this producer. Talking about it more will only drive up the prices on the secondary market.
This 09 is damn beautiful after nearly a four hour decant but it is still fairly youthful.
It is ruby, lush, gorgeous, ripe fruits of; blackberries, black raspberries, black plum with skin, dark cherries, plum, hues of purple, blue fruits & raspberries, poached strawberries, black licorice, mixed, dark berry cola, steeped black tea, dry crushed rocks, limestone minerals, dry top soil, dry herbs, hints of eucalyptus, dry clay, dry tobacco, new leather, spice, nutmeg, clove, cinnamon & vanillin, withering red & dark florals framed in violets & lavender, beautiful round acidity, beautiful; balance, tension, structured, smartly polished finished that lasts minutes.
Still needs another 5-8 years to show its best self.
The Jones Family vineyard is located off Bale Lane in Calistoga and was planted to all five Bordeaux varieties by David Abreu in the early 1990s. Heidi Barrett made the wines until 2008, and Thomas Rivers Brown now makes the wines. — 9 months ago
Very jammy and fruit forward. Delicious! — 4 months ago
This one aged well! — 9 months ago
This is a Greek-French collaboration from the spectacular vineyard of Clos Stegasta on the island Tinos in the Cyclades, Greece. Although several crops have been cultivated on the islands since ancient times, Clos Stegasta is a fairly newly planted vineyard. The wine is pure and fresh with lemons, herbs, stonefruit, jasmin, smoke and salinity. It is softer and a little lighter than its assyrtiko counterparts and neighbours on Santorini. — 10 months ago
Drinking well. Nice blackberry flavors. — 5 months ago
Excellent job by Bedrock, as always. — 9 months ago
at a peak, beautiful mixture of fruit/tannin. drink now. sorry this was my last bottle! — 3 years ago
John Malcolm
Rich, complex, and elegant. I love Dakota Shy wines and this one does not disappoint. dark cherries, blackberry jam, tobacco, and cedar. Full mouth feel. Delicious. — 3 months ago