Camins 2 Dreams
Saxum Vineyards
32 Month Barrel Age James Berry Vineyard Grenache Blend 2007
2007 Saxum James Berry Vineyard Grenache, Mourvèdre, Syrah blend. 15.8% alcohol. Dark as midnight with a ruby rim. The nose positively leaps from the glass with anise, violets, creme de cassis, crushed berries and a hint of spearmint. On the palate, sweet, candied raspberry syrup with notes of cedar, cinnamon, baking spices, vanilla and a hint of black olives. Pure and intense with great concentration and wonderful structure. 2 minute finish and then some. The Mourvèdre component raises this wine to another level for me, and highlights the talent of @Justin Smith as a master blender. 99 points with the only impediment to perfection being that '06 SQN "A Shot In The Dark" from last week which still haunts my dreams. — 8 years ago
Philippine de Saint-Cyrille
Grand Reserve Châteauneuf-du-Pape Red Rhône Blend 2011
If you can get #chateauneuf for under $30 and its THIS good, then anything is possible. Even your absurd unprofitable esoteric dreams. All of it. Red cherry and raspberry meet dark licorice and a little bit of that French oak bitter mocha thing (the latter 2 didn't come out until 30 minutes of breathing), and some anise herbal white pepper spice to finish. Decant maybe, def give it some time to open up. #rhone #sundayfunday — 9 years ago
David Langstaff
Dreams are best when they come true. Needed 2+ hours of decanting and then provided a beautiful balance of flowers and cherry on the nose and enough tannins to give it strength. There is a reason for its reputation. If anything would have been better in 5+ years at least. A joy. — 6 years ago