Bold and beautiful. Deep red color, slight tang on the tongue. Fruit forward on the nose and palate. Very nice to enjoy on a Sunday afternoon paired with some meat and cheese. #redwine #syrah #wineonmytime — 8 years ago
Rating 2014 a 96 for now so the scale has somewhere to go up once it gets some age. Aromatics hit the nose with power and went down nicely. This one will be great @Bruce Phillips scary good for being this young. Cheers! — 9 years ago
Amazing PS — 9 years ago
Smooth, with a nice finish. Fruit still there after 11 years...but balanced. Happy New Year! — 9 years ago
Chef Bruce and Marilisa Allegrini — 9 years ago
Bruce brought it over. — 8 years ago
A weird bit of lacquer and heat on the nose, which mostly blows off and settles down to more classic cab notes. Was a bit better with food. Has mostly dark cassis fruit, still some dry tannins on the finish, good acidity and some oak feels yet unresolved. These drink beautifully young. Maybe still in a rough patch. — 8 years ago
2013. Deep Ruby coloration. On the nose, strong black cherry, strawberry, spice and tobacco. On the palate, cherry, with an oaky, vanilla finish. Strong tannins. — 9 years ago
Beautiful cellar door release... Perfect with chicken — 9 years ago
This is a bit of a sham since I've been carrying this one bottle around for some time since I remember it being one of the best pinots I ever had. And this bottle was corked... 😜 Proves the rule -- drink earlier! — 9 years ago
Wonderful expression of refined Zinfandel. Sure, there's plenty of berries, but not jammy. There's plenty of spice, but not heat. There's a robust rosy nose, but with a minerality that Cuts through the floral perfume providing intrigue and bringing it back from being cloying. On the palate, there's a pleasant vanilla tobacco right at the front, with tart and sweet immediately following, like a raspberry sweetart(TM) got mixed with grandpas pipe weed😜. Wish I had more! — 9 years ago
These are lovely Santa Ynez valley pinots... — 8 years ago
biodynamic, 50% new French oak; n: oak, malo, pineapple, apple, grapefruit, slightly buttery; p: medium bodied, good structure, Mersault style, ripe grapefruit — 8 years ago
What a blast in flavour!! The taste lingers long enough to make you want another sip.
The color is deep burgundy.
The legs are slow snd long.
I'll be back for more of this beauty. — 8 years ago
Needs more time — 9 years ago
Spectacular — 9 years ago
Like to buy more to see if it's as good. — 9 years ago
Very nice. Smooth, full, lush. — 9 years ago
Justin Hansohn
California baby! Taste that sun and that sun baked brown earth. Still in a decent balance with lift! Delicious! — 7 years ago