Galante Vineyards
Blackjack Pasture Cabernet Sauvignon 2013
Still drinking well after 10 years. Nose is oak, cedar, and dark fruit and ripe strawberry. More strawberry on the palate along with vanilla, cocoa, dark cherry, leather, clove, and cinnamon. High alcohol, medium tannins, and high acid with a long finish. Could probably age another 5 to 10 years, but I don’t see it improving. Drink it now. — 4 months ago
Santini Collective
Macon-Villages Chardonnay 2019
Lemon zest, gunpowder, white pepper, quince, medium acid, medium alcohol, and long finish. — 6 months ago
Bodega Luigi Bosca
De Sangre Mendoza Malbec 2021
Cranberry, cinnamon, clove, plum, prune, raisin, oak, pencil lead, and cedar. Grippy tannins, high acid, and a long finish. A lot going on for a wine at a reasonable price point. — a month ago
Exposition Winery
Monterey Sparkling
A yeasty sparkler. Quince, lemon rind, gunpowder, and chalk with long finish. — 4 months ago
Bodega Catena Zapata
Ten Centuries of Life, Death and Rebirth Malbec Argentino 2019
Colin had this a month ago
Hall Wines
Kathryn Hall Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2014
What you want from a Napa cab. — 2 months ago
Galante Vineyards
Estate Bottled Carmel Valley Merlot 2014
Soft cork that crumbled upon opening to reveal badly oxidized wine. — 4 months ago
Pahlmeyer
Napa Valley Proprietary Red Blend 2014
Colin had this 6 months ago
Colin Cahoon
Lush, full bodied, and complex. Cranberry, vanilla, raisins, tobacco, fig, black pepper, cinnamon, leather, clove, dark cherry, plum, and cedar. High alcohol, high acid, and a long finish. — 24 days ago