Severn Goodwin

9.6

The weekend upon us and we're hosting another dinner party for a couple of friends. Tonight's theme was Rhone wine, so good stuff on deck, with age.

Notes pending... (Entertaining guests first 😉)

Absolutely perfect, yet only coming into it's zone, decade to go here...

Notes from +24H open:
Nose has ripe cherry, dried cherry, dried blackberry, red velvet cake, ripe plum and dry, mineral-ly earth.

Palate has silky-sweet cherry, ripe red currant, (light) cigar wrapper, dried cherry, faint eucalyptus, faint wood notes, dry earth, faint iron notes on the long finish. Mild tannins persist today. Expect to enjoy this vintage another +10Y when held in proper storage.

This bottle was singing at the top of its register last night, slightly diminished today. Absolutely perfect cork, no Durand required for extraction. Acquired a mere two years ago, from a local retailer beginning to close down his shop. He purchased a case on release, stored in his cold cellar; when I got to hunting it only a single bottle remained.

I've had the 2000 vintage before, and it was a treat in a more youthful stage, but a delicacy with our meal last night. We baked a 3lb beef tenderloin (Kinderhook Farm; Valatie, NY) coated in an herb paste then an herbed panko crumb crust with parmesan. About a 50m cook, 30m rest yeilded a perfect 130° center. Served alongside smashed potatoes and roasted brussel sprouts with thick cut bacon. We had fantastic company, connecting again with a wine trade friend and his wife after a few years break in our dining schedules. — 4 years ago

Matt

9.2

Classic Pegau style, a nod to tradition with WC ferm but some pushing from an extraction standpoint. Deep, dark, savory and operating on a lower wavelength. Not an aromatic expression of CNdP, but wholesome and shows its character in its riches on the palate. Muddled red and black fruits, from berry/plum to fig/prune, leather, tar, roasted espresso, garrigue, hot stones and iron, rich in brett but working well the wine. This was a night 2 wine, it needs some obviously time to let its layers unfold. 2016s have a certain edge and lift to them for me, this almost aligned more with the ‘15 vintage given its tenacity and strength — 5 years ago

Mike Saviage

9.4

Tawny and almost opaque. Masculine heavy nose. Notes of black fruit, earth and iron. Rich and silky. Needed 4+ hours of air to open up. Light finish maybe representative of the vintage. Pretty good. No need to hurry on these. — 6 years ago

Randall Brater

9.1

Lots of bubbles. Very faint pink. Light raspberry and strawberry. Medium mousse. Really good. — 7 years ago

Conrad Green

9.7

A broad sexy nose with a whiff of band aid. Sweet red fruit but great balancing acidity. Lovely animal, iron, tobacco, gnarly blue depth, iodine. Really lush and spectacular. And long. — 8 years ago

with Matt

Kelley Peters

9.1

Bright, sour, totally lip-smacking — 8 years ago

Rochelle

9.3

For the price just amazing... Blackberry, black cherry, boysenberry flavor ... A huge flavorful palate .. Full bodied and a long finish! A smokey cedar nose and full of spice ❣ I am really happy with this❤️ — 9 years ago

Bob Yoon

9.3

Wild strawberries. Well balanced. Lingers quite a bit. — 9 years ago

Eileen Hallmark

9.2

1999 is the choice for the Iron Bowl. #WarEagle. Tons of black cherry, leather. I really like where it is drinking now. — 10 years ago

Brett Owens

9.0

Nice Chardonnay. — 4 years ago

Ben LaBolt

9.0

Beautiful winery that also produces bubbly. Medium bodied pinots that are well balanced w nice fruit. — 4 years ago

with Leo

Donald Williams

9.6

Bonnie’s favorite Pinot Noir, with good reason. It’s just beautiful. — 5 years ago

with Bonnie

Ron Siegel

9.5

Beautiful vintage for Clape that is open & drinking well showing black cherry, kirsch, pepper, iron, licorice & violet. — 5 years ago

Shannon Hruza

8.9

High acidity, great with Fall flavors, slight baking spice, fruit forward — 6 years ago

Zach Kouwe

8.9

Not that familiar with Zin but had a good mouthfeel, not much tannin, strawberry up front and was good with steak. — 7 years ago

Adam Jaime

10

Sauvignon Blanc fruit w a natural wine funk and fuller mouthfeel. Pear skin, oxidized apple, raw honey, musty cheese, creme brûlée (w/o malolactic fermentation, no less). The full body and acidity is an incredible balance. It tastes like a spring wind full of polen mixed with a funky cheese in a dark bar. — 8 years ago

Michael Piaker

9.1

3 February 2017. Chambers Street Wines, New York, NY. — 8 years ago

SV

9.2

This. I could a bottle drink of this every night and not feel bad until the next morning when I would feel bad but not about the choice. Vibrant, lively, cassis and hibiscus. A thoughtful, generous wine. — 9 years ago

Randy P

9.0

Loved it. Tiny beautiful bubbles. A bit sweet for me but the acidic backbone is still present which makes it drinkable. Empty bottle. — 9 years ago

Erin Sullivan Di Costanzo

9.5

Completely silken. Great reminder of '11s ability to shine. Nice job @zeitgeist_girl!! — 11 years ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.5

Color - dark purple garnet. A bold expressive funky perfume fruit nose so classic of Cayuse with mineral-meat, smokey and mint notes lingering with a vanilla toast scent. Juicy and elegant; rich with dark plum-cherry flavors intertwined with a smokey soil bacon bitters taste—the mineral-iron characteristics follow with a tobacco long finish. Looking forward to seeing how the flavors change with different foods and as the wine opens up. Bionic Frog is favorite and definitely a wine to try and store in your cellar. Christophe Baron does it again! — 4 years ago

with Karin and Jill

Randall Brater

9.0

Citrus, lime and cream on the nose. Nice bubbles. Light, with medium tartness and balanced fruit. Very enjoyable. — 5 years ago

Bret Anderson

9.9

Dry, complex, dynamic food pairing — 5 years ago

Andy Strand

9.2

Always solid — 6 years ago

with stephanie

Steve Anderson

9.1

Tasting pour at Friday pre-RawWine event. Nice. — 6 years ago

Michael Sew Hoy

8.9

2014. Primary until day three. Picked up some iron and blood. — 7 years ago

Joshua Crisp

8.9

Stank-ay! Screams cheese. Once stench blows off, Hermiston melon and thyme comes forth. Bright and funky on the palate, ripe nectarines and fresh mushrooms dance together on a bright palate. — 8 years ago

Jack Bender

9.1

Big and rich Pinot. Nice fruit flavors with some spice and smoke. — 8 years ago

Chris Vaszily

10

Very nice Cab! Had with Laurie at the Warehouse! Big and bold — 10 years ago

Andrew Lampasone

Owner Wine Watch Selections

9.4

Only 260 cases produced this wine has a good amount of earth fine herbs cherry and currant. Wine made Jennifer Williams fromspottswood — 11 years ago