At Crow & Crown — 7 years ago
Louie like — 7 years ago
Crow River Winery- Frontenac (no entry for it yet): Not dry, smooth, berry and vanilla notes, unique tasting compared to other reds I've had — 7 years ago
I loved this wine! It is sweet and tart without being too sweet or tart. I hope I can find this one again. It has such a unique flavor! I can taste the cranberries and a touch of apple. Yummy! — 7 years ago
This is showing very impressively, all the more so considering the very unimpressive 2001 I had recently after loving both vintages on release. It is in the heavyweight class no doubt and has only budged a little bit since release, with the structure more assertive and some of the baby fat gone and showing its bones. Visually it still has the deep, dark inky color of a wine barely past release so I was actually surprised not to find it more obviously fruit-gobbed on the palate. It's a packed and stacked wine to be sure, but the stuffing isn't about fruit so much as tarry Graves asphalt and gravel. The fruit it does show is red-complexioned, which is surprising since these are all blueberry and blackberry on release. Time in the decanter fills in a lot of the empty spaces and makes it positively voluptuous - still with a thick coat of tannin but soft and refined in texture. Not quite cashmere but not rough either. This is vastly richer, denser, and fresher than the 2001 was. It is at a point where it's probably fair to put to rest any doubts about ageability - it's stuffed but in proportion and fresh without being primary. But this and the 2001 were also the last SHLs I enjoyed on release - by 2005 the style seemed to have gone over the top. If the 2005 tastes like this in 5 years I'll have to eat some crow. That said, there's no doubt this is sort of a slutty style of Graves, not a wine for those looking for elegance or subtlety, although if it can keep developing at this rate the old "tour de force" cliche may actually fit just fine. — 8 years ago
Enjoyed this at the Townshend (pre ASH). Alanna picked and remembered we had previously had it. Perfect balance, floral notes, touch of residual sugar. — 6 years ago
Purchased at Portland tasting room. Pale white in color. Sulfur, kumquat, spice and grapefruit notes in nose. Off dry, rounded mouthfeel, somewhat tart, slight mouth-coating astringency primarily on front of tongue. Grapefruit, floral and spice notes in mouth. A fun wine to sip, by itself or with food. Could even be aged. Lack of seed bitterness also curious, noteworthy and an intentional winemaking choice — 7 years ago
Love this wine! It has such a wonderful flavor. This is my new favorite.
— 7 years ago
Heavy and full for a Zin... but damn is it tasty! — 7 years ago
2011 good wine. Sexy. — 8 years ago
Light, tart, fresh -- really enjoyed this, went through two bottle last night. Solid refreshing Pinot Grigio, was a big crow pleasure -- lovely summer wine. — 8 years ago
Legs, 9/10. Smells spicy, heavy cherry on the nose. So smooth!!! Tannic, but not overbearing. Cherries, oak on taste. Love this one. — 6 years ago
Unoaked. Easy to drink, light, crisp, smooth finish. — 6 years ago
I thought long and hard about what I wanted to say about this wine. But...here goes. This has to be one of the worst QPR wines I've ever had, but I'm also taking into account how young this wine is. I have to remember that I'm rating the WINE here, but the price tag and hype just can't help but to get in the way. Drank over 6 days. Poured initially from Coravin and let sit for about an hour. I will tell you that I was excited initially, as the nose of this wine overpowered the grass fed beef burgers that were just cooked about 2 feet away from where the wine was being poured. DENSE blackberry and vanilla rolling out of the glass. The entry of this wine is silky, but also has that gritty Napa youthfulness. POWER. Fruit forward monster, ripe blackberry, graphite, mineral and spice rich middle with cherry blossom and finish with a very deep, dark core of blackberry, black pepper spice. The finish is where chocolate covered blackberries and minty notes come out, but the wine was still rather tannic. Developed a bit more after I uncorked it at the end of the week. I blind tasted my wife on this one who guessed that it was a '13 William Harrison cab (vineyard is only 2 miles away as the crow flies, maybe, although Hall's is elevated 750 feet). That cab is $50. This one still has a **LOT** of integrating to do which I am taking into consideration which is why the other bottle is locked up tight, and this one just might not have been on its A-game. — 6 years ago
Boys weekend at the Crow — 8 years ago
Ron from VA
Quite nice - even as saignee method. Yes, a rich extraction, but not heavy handed. Seems to have a touch of residual sugar to balance the thicker mouth feel and generous acidity. Pleasant sipper and worked with Caprice on baguette too :) — 5 years ago