David Samples

10

Beyond beautiful! Immediately soft upon opening—had planned to decant for 4-6 hours but decided against. Open and had small taste with Maggie Harrison around noon. Decided to re-cork it and decanted at 4PM.
At noon I got (very unexpected) cranberry notes on the nose and the palate was considerably more gentle than expected.

After two hour decant: Soft (cat tongue), integrated tannins, pomegranate, black cherry begins to emerge. Herbs, smoky/meaty notes emerge


Tasted: 5.20.26
Attendees: Mark Cerimele, Maggie Harrison, Steve Pfancuff, Lorne McClelland, Andy McCray, Denise Casino, Randy Nelson — 2 months ago

Kent Wessels

9.4

Had at bite and third and main — 5 months ago

Monica Lo

9.1

Like drinking chocolate — 11 years ago

Kate Parkerson

9.4

Yummy, smooth, flavorful, and not too heavy. Had at Josh's — 3 months ago

Michael Dierberg

9.6

Might have guessed it was Californian but captivating aromatics and great concentration without being over the top. — 4 months ago

with JiaMin

Andy@andyberke.com

9.2

Beautiful bottle. Classic cab w terroir — 6 months ago

Michael OHara

9.6

Amazing Pinot — 12 years ago

Jessica Knickerbocker

9.2

Quite good. Worth the $$ paid. — 3 months ago

romo

9.4

Anti-roast, all tart cherry and white pepper, gentle tannin, faint horse hair. Wow. — 4 months ago

Andrew Schirmer

9.6

Stunning bottle - showed really well after 3 hours or so. Maturing, integrated tannin, structured, a nose you wanna swim in… — 8 months ago

with Alsu