Brad Jensen

9.4

It’s surprising because the color on a shallow glass is the rosy bronze of a meditator a port. It’s got some of the oxidized nose of a digestif wine as well, big bodied, bold, but takes a while to open up. The color in a deep pour is still pale red, the tannins are still VERY grippy, strong and could shows it could still last for a long time aging, but the color give me pause at the longevity. Tannins softened after a while, leaving a lithe body with a palate rich with iron and blood, with hints of tomato, basalt, and a looooong fresh finish with notes almost like cranberry or other tart, red-orange acidic fruits. — 10 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.0

Very pale green with yellow hints to the center, with tight small bubbles, decent effervescence and a light body. The nose has prominent yellow and green stone fruit with some minerality and just a hint of couissant like baked goods. Palate is surprisingly more fruit forward than most, you’d almost call it sweet, but the rounded fruit body opens into a more mineral driven, pleasant acidity with a dry finish. It’s not SUPER dry but still a pleasant sparkle with more maturity than I expected from a Mexican sparkling, though this is my first! — 24 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.3

I’ve had the candied mushroom before, but this vintage with the effervescence is really nice! — 2 months ago

Brad Jensen

9.0

Brad had this 17 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.5

Deep purple/red color, long legs reflect a high ABV but surprisingly the body is lighter than the 14.7 reflects. This wine may be 8 years old, but it’s only just starting to soften, and none of that age you see in the color. The nose is bold, after some time opening up the alcohol does show, but the nose is more crushed red fruit, blackberry, some cinnamon and crushed slate, maybe even a little pine. Tannins are very well integrated, and softened a bit after age, but still rounded enough to ensure people know this is a true cab. Cinnamon sugar, ripe red fruits, vanilla and baking spice, with notes of licorice, blackberry jam and black pepper. They say this was an off year for Howell Cabs but I don’t see where this dropped the ball, a great first experience with Almacerro. — 24 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.1

Golden color similar to a lightly oaked Chardonnay, a slightly funky, natural nose with surprising notes of cotton candy or marshmallow, with notes of cooked plantain, a yellow citrus acidity, and slight toasted hints. — 2 months ago

Brad Jensen

9.4

Light/medium body, golden color with green hues intertwined. Strong nose of rubber or latex, candied white fruits, bubble gum powder, and maybe some jasmine as well? After a week of being open it still had great energy, good acidity and a clean, mineral finish with crisp, white and yellow fruit flavors lingering LONG after the first sip, with notes of hay, ethanol and maybe some apricot or cumquat. Very well crafted, old world, and complex dry Riesling. — 2 months ago

Brad Jensen

9.3

Light rose color, with purple edges, medium bodied. with a bold, perfumed floral nose with hints of mushroom, cinnamon sugar, rose, pomegranate, and dark plum with hints of red apple, musk and spice. Palate is all dark red fruit, with wet sandal wood, clove, dark florals and coca on the palate. 8/2 - after sitting a week the nose is still heavily perfumed, with a strong, earthy nose, rose florals, mulch, and ripe plums. It’s starting to turn a bit, mostly on the nose, with a light-on-it’s-feet body, balsamic, zingy acidity, velvety fruit and tannins integrated well into a long, finish of raspberry and fresh stone fruit finish. — 18 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.6

This was really special, dry, funky and different. Drank on its own and honestly worth every sip, 10/10 would buy again. — a month ago

Brad Jensen

9.3

Nose after a week is very fruit forward, with juicy dark fruits, dark chocolate, violets, with notes of crushed blueberry, BBQ sauce, wet graham cracker and wet moss/grass amongst a redwood forest. Meaty palate, medium to full bodied, dark red/purple, with notes of iron, blood, dark figs, plum, and currant, with hints of pepper, herbs (rosemary or thyme?), and redwood with fig skin, shale and slight acidity on the finish. — 2 months ago