Strawberries, raspberries, seawater, driftwood, and kelp aromas dominate this Carneros Pinot Noir, finishing with rich, ripe cherry flavors on the palate. — 10 years ago
Not bad. Reasonablly mature wa cab sav. Ill try now and evey year for 3 or 4. See if that changes — 8 years ago
2010, wedding wine. Amazing! !! — 8 years ago
A great, full bodied wine that went great with a big mass of BBQ at the Salt Lick in Driftwood Texas. — 9 years ago
Yummo franc, simple with structure...violet nose, driftwood/stumpiness — 9 years ago
Good wine @ Driftwood vinyard — 11 years ago
Excellent bottle of Les Amoureuses. The texture is finely knit, as Les Amoureuses should be, but it's more powerful than most - not the leaner, lighter, more waifish Musigny that many of them are, but rather being much closer to Musigny itself in terms of its scale, density, and solidity as well as in some of the darker gravelly flavors that figure in. The last Amoureuses I had from Frederic Magnien (2002) was too oaky, in fact my notes say the oak totally ruined the wine. Here it is not a problem at all. The wood is still present, but it's developed and aged in much the same way that the rest of the wine ages, suggesting driftwood and some earthy decay more than the simple toastiness or sugar-and-spice of young oak. — 8 years ago
Dense, a deep crimson with a solid core - it looks less than half its age(!); incredibly distinctive (unmistakeable) nose of driftwood bonfires, sweaty leather bike-saddles and tarmacadam, cedar, Trinidad tobacco - never mind the palette, the NOSE lasts for 30 seconds AFTER you've put down the glass. It's still lightly tannic - not ambivalently, but elusively complex, and forcefully insistent. This has truly cemented me as an Haut-Brion convert. I cannot imagine a greater expression of the Graves. Utterly sensational - though after an hour and a half it started revealing a hint of VA and lost an inch of its engorgement. Oh well, it's only the first of my bottles and had the lowest level by far (4.5 cm)... — 8 years ago
Wonderful nose full of reclaimed driftwood! Flavors of tart red currant and a bit of tannin. — 9 years ago
Medium bodied, medium smooth tannins, medium oak, would cellar beautifully. I like! — 10 years ago
Not too Belgiumy and it counts for 100 mile diet! — 11 years ago
Wes Hagen
Singularity Imperial Russian Stout, Victoria BC. Infinite density for sure! 14.6 alcohol and about the extract-iest beer I've ever tasted. Stomps on Bigfoot. Milk chocolate, cacao nibs and hint smokey in the mouth. Dense, roasted and massive, maintains balance by being mostly dry, but alcohol gives it breadth and sweetness. Pretty amazing over the top beer! — 8 years ago