Brad Jensen

9.3

Surprisingly ready nose, like fresh crust of a sourdough, with Buddha’s hand or star fruit dry citrus merged with some dry mineral freshness. There’s actually a hint of band aid in there as well, though not off putting. The bubbles dissipate relatively quickly, but the palate is long and lingering, with tons of acidity, some slight baking notes, and a nice dry, energetic finish that keeps the dry citrus at the forefront. — 5 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.4

Revisiting this on the day we create our first family business, tasting wine from our honeymoon. Couldn’t tell that this wine is 7 years old, with a heavily perfumed nose of artificial carpet, blood orange, and velvet, with hints of pepper and lush dark red fruits to the edges. Color gives away no age either, with a deep rose color and medium body. The tannins remain largely intact on the palate, still grabbing the tip of the tongue, but there’s just a hint of age showing at the periphery, with some butterscotch and caramel notes starting to show integrated well with the loooong blackberry and black plum compote dominating the primary palate, with greater pepper, vanilla, a little coca and earthy notes incorporated within. This ages well, no question. — 25 days ago

Brad Jensen

8.6

Best description I saw for this was a wine on the border between rose and rouge. The nose is full of deep ripe red fruit. Plum primarily, with a hint of pepper and rind. Light bodied but really dry, with lean acidity, mouth drying tightness, easy fruit on the front, with some rose and more blood orange than plum from the front. The finish is almost like tart cherry but even drier, with mineral and some serious astringency coming from the Blank. Not tannin but damn close. Interesting but won’t be another buy for me dawg. — a month ago

Brad Jensen

9.5

At first glance this exhibits a lot of characteristics like cabernet. Medium to full bodied. Deep red to rose colored hues, with a fruit heavy nose of dark red fruits… but this is its own animal. Dig a little deeper on the nose and you get sharpie marker, much more floral than a cab, with none of the wood and notes of green pepper, a slight menthol freshness, and fresh cut grass beginning to peek forth. The tannins took a while to emerge, but when they did they felt like the hit all angles, never too much but just enough. The palate after some serious decanting has prominent notes of beef jerky, iron, smokey bbq, jammy plums, cranberry, black olives and maybe even soy sauce with serious energy, bramble and a hint of tar. The finish is long and fresh, with a lot of energy, and when paired with a perfectly marbled ribeye it SINGS. Bought in Berlin, absolutely worth it. — 5 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.3

Brad had this a month ago

Brad Jensen

8.8

Brad had this a month ago

Brad Jensen

9.5

Goodness this is a beautiful wine. Perfectly paired with roast duck leg with blackberry reduction, this wine does NOT act 28 years old. The nose jumps out of the glass with dark chocolate, blackberry, black plum, spice and crushed velvet and blueberries. The color shows its hand with a little bricking to the edges, but still has a deep pale maroon color that shows she’s got plenty of life left in her. The tannin haven’t lost much of their grip, though much more dry and silty than grippy. The palate is medium bodied, but light on its feet, with less leftover fruit from the age, but still plenty of acidity, with blackberry preserves, leather, plum, balsamic, tar, and beef teriyaki jerkey, with some green peppercorn and a hint of iron on the finish that leaves a looong and fresh impression. — a month ago

Brad Jensen

9.3

Nose is very unique: Latex gloves and cognac, Tiva said a gas fire, coffee or fresh coca, dark chocolate covered raspberries, wet moss, leather and velvet. It takes one to a Brookstone Store in NYC in the early 00s. Medium bodied, with the amber color visibly impacted by the age. It took a while to open up, with the tannins still very present and grippy at the end, with notes of coca chocolate, brandy, dark ripe plum, fig, coffee, wood chips, ground beef and a slightly sour malolactic element, though the energy and alcohol freshness still remains, along with a slightly mulchy finish. — 12 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.4

Deep color, with pale orange hues to the edges of a deep rose colored core. Medium bodied, but with quick little running legs, this jumps out of the glass with a beautifully perfumed floral nose of light violet, rose, and deep red, plush textured fruit. Plum, black cherry, I want to say bergamot (but I’m probably using that wrong), with hints of cedar mulch, ripe fig and garrigue. The palate is medium, dry, and lightly, sandy tannic. It has LOTS of energy and emerging flavors and freshness that lasts long after the sip is finished. — a month ago

Brad Jensen

9.0

Brad had this a month ago