Fredybeans

9.4

Robe claire
Nez anis miel coquille d huître buis
Bouche miellée ample l anis et la coquille d huître sont là
Manque en finale la profondeur d un grand crus mais belle bouteille — 5 years ago

with Pico and El

Fredybeans

9.3

Robe jaune très claire
Nez délicat de buis de miel et coquille d huître
Bouche vive et mûre avec un côté cristallin en finale. Quelle fraîcheur pour un 2009 — 6 years ago

with El

Mark Flesher

9.3

@Delectable Wine this is more specifically the alluvial selection cabernet from 2015 . I did not see it in the database . This was a selection at the Gemstone tasting arranged graciously by Al Buis. My rating of this wine at the present time is a 93. I certainly think it is capable of more. TRB wine sourced from the upper blocks of the Gemstone Vineyard. I would say this wine is more medium to full-bodied. Red and black fruits are certainly present. There is a little bit of plum, hint of chocolate, lead pencil, flinty. Finishes with a red clay sort of note. Almost a touch metallic. Loads of tannin here. Not really sweet, just stiff. I look for that to take a decade to blow off. I took about 300 ml from a partially consumed bottle. Plan on trying this again in a couple of days, when I feel this one may be drinking very differently. Very nice wine. 20 years left at least. — 7 years ago

with Dan, Benjamin and 2 others

Jonathan Salky

9.2

Man this wine was good. Smooth, lots of body, peach and honeysuckle. I need buy more. — 7 years ago

Fredybeans

9.0

Robe jaune claire
Nez épicé, de buis et pierre humide
Bouche mole mais gardant de la fraîcheur — 5 years ago

Fredybeans

9.0

Robe très claire
Nez frais buis cassis
Bouche fraîche acide tendue finale mêlant acidité et belle amertume
Encore très jeune et ne pas servir trop frais — 5 years ago

Paul Henderson

9.1

Cherry, tannin, leather. Route but not overly fruity. Resembles Italian style, sold as forte — 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.5

Gemstone tasting graciously arranged by Al Buis. Tasted from Magnum. This was a rather awesome piece of Gemstone history opened tonight. In Magnum, it seems as though this bottle has done very little aging. It is a very powerful wine that has lost the sweeter front characteristics that the current releases had, which were tasted as well tonight. But the maturity of the black fruit shines through. Lots of chocolate on the middle of this wine. I was getting some sort of a dried herb and nutty component towards the Finish. This one is perfectly balanced. Ready to go! — 7 years ago

with Dan, Benjamin and 2 others

Jonathan Hawkins-Pierot

9.5

Definitely a white Burgundy, not a red one.

Great though. — 7 years ago

Fredybeans

9.3

Jaune cristallin
Nez buis feuille de cassis
Bouche mûre épaisse dense mais avec une belle fraîcheur et un côté salin et minéral notes d orgeats et anis — 5 years ago

Mandi Lovasz

9.2

Lovely, fruity, aromas of honey, apples, fresh grass, and honeysuckle. A very drinkable Chardonnay! — 6 years ago

with Alex

Jo

9.0

Tropical with good acid — 6 years ago

Mark Flesher

9.4

@Delectable Wine this is Preciado Cabernet 2016. Inaugural vintage released a few months ago. It was not in your database. Gemstone tasting graciously arranged by Al Buis tonight! I don't know if I should really be putting a number rating to this wine. Its best days are definitely ahead of it. This is a combination of coombsville, outpost, and gemstone Vineyard fruit. At the price this inaugural vintage fetches, this wine rates a 98. Reeling it back in, reality tells me that this is a 94 right now, which means that I feel this one should be able to go 10 years, but not entirely sure as it is extremely approachable now. I do believe it will age well for the first three to five years. It has a lot of sweet black fruit right on the opening. I was getting a little bit of molasses, chocolate in the middle, herbs toward the Finish. Very solid chalky youthful black backbone. Finishes with a lot of heft, and a lot of tannin. I recorked and took one bottle that had about 50 ml missing. I plan on opening that in 2 days to see how this develops. — 7 years ago

with Benjamin, Keith and 2 others

Rohit Gupta

9.0

Pretty decent "value" at first, but came alive after almost a week. — 11 years ago

with Lyle