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. — 6 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.3

Brad had this 25 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.1

Brad had this a month ago

Brad Jensen

9.2

Light gold with hints of pale green to the edges, the nose on this is very fresh and somewhat vegetal, with notes fresh cold celery alongside the hints of green papaya , baked Citroen tart, and wet river stone. Lots of good tight bubbles, a light to medium body and a real energetic, mineral freshness over a palate of tart yellow stone fruits, a slight yeasty, baked note, but very subtle, mostly mineral and the crisp fruit. Very nice! — a month ago

with Tiva

Brad Jensen

9.1

Amber to copper color, almost port or brandy like, but still with some deep pale rose coloration to the center. The nose is deep and expressive, perfumed, with vanilla, candied raspberry, pepper, black cherry, some hibiscus and some citrus notes throughout. On the palate the tannin is present and emerges further with time and air, with still good energy but the age is showing with brandy like notes. The rest of the palate is medium bodied, with soft dark fruit, spice and pepper prominently present with a looong finish with herbs, charcoal, charred leeks and dried tart cherry to the finish. — 11 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.2

I was surprised when this turned out to be an orange wine, but not at all disappointed. Beautiful amber color, medium bodied, with a strong nose of ripe, sweet fruit, with good acid, and notes of navel orange, Meyer lemon, sweet cream (though VERY light), with hints of mustard, celery and other subtle vegetal notes. Palate is smooth, with great energy and well integrated creamy motes of ripe orange, blood orange and grapefruit, but not tart, with more prominent vegetable notes, maybe some more anise and celery. At the finish there’s even hints of some smoky BBQ, which ends in a dry, slightly spicy and savory hue. — 25 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.0

Deep burgundy, rouge/purple hue with an expressive nose of ripe red and purple fruit, with notes of vanilla, and slightly herbal notes in the background, like herbs de Provence and plum. Medium bodied, with both spice and peppery notes, very light tannin, and a dry red fruit freshness that ends very cleanly. Really solid juice. — a month ago

Brad Jensen

8.8

Very dry with a wild nose, funky, natural and pet nat, with that kind of musky, armpit like funk dissipating quickly over the notes of lemon, Buddha hand, orange rind and wet stone. This is DRY, surprisingly so, and on its own has a lot of great energy, with the funk continuing at the beginning of the palate, but the dryness can be somewhat stark. Paired with some cheese and tinned fish though it really comes into its own. — 19 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.3

Paired with a prodigious big pork chop. At 10 years old, the odor of aged, wet artificial carpet exists alongside prominent amber notes, and hints of mashed blackberry, plum, ground black pepper and thyme notes. Medium bodied, with still a LOT of energy, but showing its age. Lite if plum, dark cherry, bitter chocolate, mulch, graphite, brandy, and blood orange with some baking spice and some well integrated tannin throughout. — 19 days ago

Brad Jensen

9.5

Brad had this a month ago