Enjoying the wine by the fire 🍷 Celebrating the win in Virginia Wine Country Half Marathon! 🏃🏻♂️🥇 — 6 years ago
At 48% Franc, this beauty is really developing an integrated, spice-driven velvetiness! Black cherry and herbs meld to really take on that DELAPLANE micro-terroir. There, I said it. This could easily be mistaken for something from RdVs 3rd label line. One more bottle :) — 7 years ago
Excellent blend, perfect with roasted turkey. Floral notes, delicate finish. — 7 years ago
Very smooth and satisfying can franc, light-medium body, trace of soft tannin, elegant berry nose, nice finish. Versatile food wine. 2015 — 8 years ago
Not particularly balanced, but very unique. — 8 years ago
A very earthy red! Deep red, lots of tobacco, dried herbs, wet moss. A good recommendation that I would revisit. — 5 years ago
Remarkable! This gold-medal winner really does check all the VARIETAL boxes! Floral woven red berry poetry: check....acid and tannin “harmony”: check....deliciousness!: CHECK :) PS...it’s #vawine — 5 years ago
Poetic as it is practical....mouthfeel is the key to such precision. At once it is silky, voluptuous, deep and clean!! 43% Chard, 30 Vidal, 20 Viognier, 7 p man...from the best year for whites in a decade! Buying more at $22 post club % — 7 years ago
One of our favorite because of the smooth and silky taste, mixed with hints of cherry and dark chocolate. Nice finish and a touch of terroir flavor. — 7 years ago
Big and chewy. Deep wine with strong fruit. Could use more aging. But shocking that it is from VA. I would have guessed a California Syrah or even a Malbec viviendo it’s huge profile. Yummy — 7 years ago
Truly enjoyed this Chardonnay. — 8 years ago
Vintage 2014. Drank with Connie on 12-21-2016. Delicious, fruit-forward Cab Franc — 9 years ago
Sooooo bold & yummy — 5 years ago
Wowser...really elegant! See my notes — 6 years ago
12 was a classic year - not too hot, not very wet. A good year for acid! So, the Franc leads with 41% followed closely by CS at 35%. This creates a very unique profile that is often not employed by Virginia wine makers – a dance of two cabs. We took this bottle to a restaurant for steak (aged New York strip) with a nice char. Indeed, spice edge from the franc and the tannin from the Sauv made for a powerful cleansing combo!! While food functional, I only give this a 9.1 because it lacked elegance in the mid-palate flavor profile. Of course I should have expected that from a classic vintage where the sugars weren’t elevated – creating an extra rich core. One bottle remains. — 7 years ago
One of my favorite sweeter Petit Mansengs. — 8 years ago
I LOVE THIS WINE!!!! — 8 years ago
Michelle M
Red berry, humid summer forest, hints of old leather jacket and hard candies on the nose. Plum, raspberry, tart cherry, notes of vanilla, soft puckering tannins lingering with juicy cranberry on the finish. Nice red for Virginia. Went well with pizza. — 5 years ago