Tom Garland

9.3

1 hour decant(decent chunky/cloudy sediment). A gorgeous dark murky purplish magenta color. On the nose: some dark cherry/blueberry, forest floor, chocolate mint, cedar. Taste: velvety, creamy, rich mouthcoating wine with a little dark cherry, earth, leather, crushed stone, and a tar/cedar long finish. Better place 2 years ago, not sure more time will do anything so drink em up — 2 years ago

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Tom Garland

9.3

1 hour decant(decent fine/cloudy sediment). A remarkable dark purplish magenta color. On the nose: certain vintages really embrace the brett on the property, this is on the milder side. Notes of red plum, nutty vanilla, pine, funky wet earth, old leather, some cherry. Taste: smooth, delicate, silky wine with savory notes of cigar box, currants, wet dirt, peppery, little dark plum, cedar, slightly meaty. YUM! A very good vintage for Cain, a little more intensity could have increased the score even more. — 2 years ago

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Seth Masterson

9.1

The nose on this is awesome- Like sticking your nose into a big bowl of macerated ripe and overripe cherries, freshly dried tabacco and Dr. Pepper... Beautiful deep garnet with some magenta.
Fresh, balanced sharp acid but with rounded edges, this is a wine that you can drink a bottle of by yourself.
I'm enjoying this more at room temp than on the cooled as some Beaujolais is served. — 3 years ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.5

Luv this Syrah! A beautiful dark purple magenta. Big nose for sure filled with aromas of smoked meat, that well-known Cayuse funk, and dark cherry with notes of vanilla, wet tea bag perfume and some lingering pine scents. Taste - a delicious, smooth and juicy wine. A tart cherry and dark plum combo pleases the palate with smoked bacon, cedar and bitter chocolate followed by a peppery crushed slate medium plus finish. What a delight this Easter Day! — 3 years ago

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Tom Garland

9.1

2 hour decant (decent chunky/cloudy sediment). A purplish dark magenta color. On the nose: in your face aromas of plum, leather, cedar, currants, floral, mint and smoke. Taste: a smooth, dry, elegant, nicely balanced wine with black fruit, minerals, graphite, black pepper,, and a smokey herb long finish. Give it a few more years to come around, has potential. — 3 years ago

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Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.4

2010 Colgin Estate Cab! A deep purple magenta gives this wine it’s beautiful rich color.. The blueberry-aged plum gives it an aromatic fruit nose. A funky herbal earth soil scent follows lingering with eucalyptus mint and dark chocolate-espresso. Taste— a nice surprise of cherry explosion, cedar, chocolate espresso like it’s scent balanced with a smoke flavor, tar with cherry flavors lingering. A fully body wine that is concentrated, rich and well layered with a long smooth dry finish. A treat for sure! Happy Saturday!! — 3 years ago

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Devin Bostick

9.0

Red licorice, sorrel, raspberry syrup, light hot leather smell, light ruby magenta, the jam and acid meet fluidly with strawberry, raspberry, and a consistent warm tartness — 4 years ago

Jay Kline

9.0

Popped and poured. This bottle was consumed over three days and fairly consistent throughout. The 2021 RTW “Lodi” pours a ruby color with a transparent core, moving towards fuchsia/magenta on the edge and a slightly watery rim. No signs of particles. Medium viscosity with very light staining of the tears. On the nose, the wine is of moderate intensity with a mix of black and red fruits: predominantly blackberries and strawberries that are mostly bruised with some red and purple flowers, fresh basil and sort of crushed gravel and sand aggregate mix. On the palate the wine is dry with medium- tannin and medium+ acid. Alcohol is medium and the finish is medium. Overall impression: this is a wine of freshness and balance and a tremendously versatile red wine for food. 25 barrels produced from a blend of 3 varieties from 3 vineyards in 3 equal parts. Cinsault from the Bechthold Vineyard (planted in 1886), Carignane from Spenker Ranch (planted in 1900) and Zinfandel from Kirschenmann Vineyard (planted in 1915 & Teagan’s home ranch in Victor). — 2 years ago

Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.4

Color - blend of crimson and magenta giving it a rich color with bricking. The nose has beautiful scents of plum, aged perfume, sweet tobacco with secondary notes of worn leather crushed rock, a subtle funky earthiness and herbaceous aroma. Taste - soft and smooth covering the palate with red plum,, cedar, smoked meat and subtle sweetness of cassis new cigar and some spice. Definitely will enjoy this rainy Saturday night. — 2 years ago

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Tom Garland

9.4

Celebrating with a couple of nice bottles tonight

2.5 hour decant(lots of chunky/fine/cloudy sediment). An astonishing dark purplish magenta color. On the nose: expressive notes of plum, cedar, worn leather, musky earth, floral, and smokey vanilla. Taste: smooth, creamy, rich wine with plum, cedar, tobacco wrapper, burnt earth, and a white pepper- strawberry-graphite long finish. YUM!! Comfortably in its drinking window(with decant) and more years to go. — 3 years ago

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Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.4

The color is a beautiful purple magenta. On the nose - blackberry-raspberry fruit, sandalwood, eucalyptus with notes of chocolate, licorice and vanilla. Wow what can you say! A rich, juicy and medium bodied smooth wine. Black fruits with blueberry dominate and just snaps from the glass blended with chocolate and licorice notes followed by a hints of bacon and espresso and a mineral black pepper long finish. You can drink this wine all night long!! — 3 years ago

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Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.4

Dark purplish magenta color. Wow what a nose! - blackberry fruits jump from the nose; veggie green bell pepper follows with floating notes of menthol, black pepper and olive-tobacco. Taste - smooth, rich and silky giving this wine its complexity medium body feel. Blackberry leather bell pepper is the initial taste. Mid pallet, the flavors are more cedar, tannic and minerally finishing with bitter chocolate-espresso notes. Job well done for a tough year! — 3 years ago

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Devin Bostick

8.9

Sorrel, raspberry smell, malty alc, magenta red, sorrel, raspberry, strawberry, acid then some tannins — 4 years ago

Tom Garland

9.2

Who drew that label to celebrate 350 year anniversary? 🤪 hope the wine is better!

2 hour decant (chunky and fine sediment). A sensational dark magenta color. Checking in on the hyped 09 vintage. On the nose: great nose of perfumed red plum, cassis, blueberry, floral, gravel, cedar, and vanilla. Taste: a smooth, juicy medium plus body wine. Tannins still present....a slight bruiser at the start of its development wanting another 4 years or more for the next bottle.....notes of plum, chocolate, spicy oak, tar, and a licorice medium plus finish. Hopefully a better score with more time. — 4 years ago

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Tom Garland

9.4

1 hour decant (little fine/cloudy sediment). A remarkable dark purplish magenta color. On the nose: tart cherry, creme de cassis, eucalyptus, orange rind, cinnamon. Taste: smooth, soft, rich, juicy wine with cherry/raspberry, leather, herbaceous, graphite, little spiced chocolate espresso and a nice medium plus finish. YUM! Bodes well for the 2015 Scarecrow wine, and I should pop one to check it out. — 2 years ago

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Tom Garland

9.6

+1 hour decant(decent fine/cloudy sediment). A staggering dark purplish magenta color with very little bricking. On the nose: very aromatic notes of plum, mint, creme de cassis, rich soil, cinnamon, and graphite. Taste: smooth, creamy, liquid silk coats the mouth wine with black cherry, cedar, pepper, crushed gravel, and a chocolate espresso medium plus finish with a touch of heat. YUM!! Delicious...one of the more restrained HA I have had. Have been breaking out the 07s at age 15. More to come. — 3 years ago

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Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.5

On my list of favorite Syrahs! A beautiful dark magenta color. Blackberry tart cherry, floral aromas jump from the glass with secondary notes of pencil lead and sandalwood and hints of bacon fat and milk chocolate floating. Taste - a smooth creamy and richly structured wine. Blueberry and cherry fruits still dominate with pepper, crushed rock and tar following. The finish is long with lingering notes of bitter chocolate and espresso and a touch of heat on the end but overall flavors are well integrated. Should open up even more throughput the evening. Luv the label. — 3 years ago

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Brenda Terzich-Garland

9.4

Enjoying the first bottle from the cellar to welcome 2022. A new wine that we have not tried. This Pingus Tempranillo magnum is a dark purple magenta color. The nose has fruits of roasted plum-cherry and cassis with smoked meat and subtle notes of cedar and pine. Taste is juicy, luscious and smooth. The plumb fruit bursts on the palate and a cherry dark chocolate follows absorbing into the mid palate with a smokey, spice mineral long finish and a slight tannic kick. A treat for sure! — 3 years ago

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Devin Bostick

9.2

Cherry, cranberry, strawberry, magenta, juicy cherry, cranberry, acid and light metallic grass finish — 4 years ago

Devin Bostick

9.1

Cherry, brown sugar, sorrel, blackberry, dark magenta purple, great oak, jam, tannins, acids and sugars and berries line up with a clean grippy but wet and full oak jam finish — 4 years ago