Epoch Estate Wines
Authenticity Red Rhone Blend
Paso Robles, Central Coast, California, USA
Love what Epoch is doing at the estate, and have always been a fan of the wines. This 2013 is 82 Syrah/18 Mourvèdre, all from Paderewski vineyard. Followed over two days.
From start to finish, everything about this is Paso. Any time a wine can speak to place, that’s a checkmark for me. As most high quality Paso wines do, this has a weightless yet jam-packed fruit profile. Decidedly dark, but with 11yrs, it’s fading from black fruits to a kiss of red fruits. Mixed berry jam initially on the nose before it shows a spiced profile of cherry jerky, espresso, red and black currant and a sweet dark fig at the finish. Day 1 showed the spice upfront whereas day 2 showed the softened fig profile. Both enjoyable, just different. Enjoy over the next few years before this sheds its classical fruit.
Love what Epoch is doing at the estate, and have always been a fan of the wines. This 2013 is 82 Syrah/18 Mourvèdre, all from Paderewski vineyard. Followed over two days.
From start to finish, everything about this is Paso. Any time a wine can speak to place, that’s a checkmark for me. As most high quality Paso wines do, this has a weightless yet jam-packed fruit profile. Decidedly dark, but with 11yrs, it’s fading from black fruits to a kiss of red fruits. Mixed berry jam initially on the nose before it shows a spiced profile of cherry jerky, espresso, red and black currant and a sweet dark fig at the finish. Day 1 showed the spice upfront whereas day 2 showed the softened fig profile. Both enjoyable, just different. Enjoy over the next few years before this sheds its classical fruit.
Inky red/purple color. Nose of blackberry & roast lamb. Heavy fortified cherry and plum to taste with a cedar & leather finish.
Inky red/purple color. Nose of blackberry & roast lamb. Heavy fortified cherry and plum to taste with a cedar & leather finish.
Feb 23rd, 2021My first Authenticity, inky reddish purple color like the Ingenuity but this one is drier with heavier tannins and acidity. Lovely plum and blackcurrant nose. Similar notes on the palate but even with several hours to breathe I still think it needs more time or some more years in the cellar.
My first Authenticity, inky reddish purple color like the Ingenuity but this one is drier with heavier tannins and acidity. Lovely plum and blackcurrant nose. Similar notes on the palate but even with several hours to breathe I still think it needs more time or some more years in the cellar.
Nov 23rd, 2017
Awesome as usual. This is the next Saxum
Awesome as usual. This is the next Saxum
Jul 29th, 2017
2013 big dark fruit, complex with long gorgeous finish
2013 big dark fruit, complex with long gorgeous finish
May 28th, 2017