When you pop one and decant and then taste you never really know what to expect but gratefully my family on Delectable has helped me so much - I know it is holidays speaking but we have so much as a group to thankful for - to you and yours - have a glorious holiday
This wine has been resting for a long time - I have decided to start drinking wines that I was storing as I cannot take them with me so Dilly Dilly
What a wine what a wine what a mighty good wine
Dark purplish red as is the season - when I taste I immediately smile and laugh with hohoho sound - the smell is amazing with all the kitchen sink ingredients but somehow I smell mistletoe and cinnamon - ''tis the season again" - and the finish is long like when you watch a big snowflake fall from the sky - it takes forever and ever
Starting my annual Christmas wine journey and again thank you folks for making the wine taste even better with your likes and comments - more wine to come tonight and tomorrow
Smiling for so many reasons and happy holiday — 6 years ago
Probably the best $16 bottle of wine I can remember having. A lot of the excitement and depth of a Barolo but softer, lighter, and more nimble with an emphasis on the floral notes. Definitely benefited from being open an hour +. Bumped rating up after another bottle. Just amazing, regardless of price. Purchased at MWC — 8 years ago
Grenache from the Languedoc is reading my mail these days. Nimble palate weight, pleasant presence of volatile acidity, a great balance of dark fruit and acid. — 9 years ago
Licorice and blackberry. Truly wonderful red. Masterful wine. — 9 years ago
Pretty, elegant Nebbiolo from cool climate old vineyards a ways north of Barolo. Incredible value for this much nimble length, violets, minerality, tawny fruits. Makes me want truffles, great sausages, even morels with peas and grated sheep cheese, a superlative food wine. — 9 years ago
Super tight when first opened. Big black pepper and currants. After about 1.5 hours really opened up and was mighty tasty! — 10 years ago
Cabernet Franc dominant. Dusty red fruits, vanilla beans and cedar wood flavors...still powerful and mighty present on the palate. Old world style meets Paso Robles fruit in this bottle. My favorite vintage of this wine so far. 75% new French oak. 15.2 % ABV. — 7 years ago
2001 vintage. Medium ruby - some bricking starting to show. On the nose, much more feminine and subtle than the mighty 2002. More appealing and subtle. On the palate, medium plus acidity and medium body. Tannins are more integrated than the 2002. Length is shorter than the 2002, but the overall wine is more enjoyable and more in line with what I consider a Clos de Tart to be. Drink now until 2027+. — 7 years ago
Holy smokes this is good, the purity in this wine is so appealing and perceptible.
Sangiovese 75%, Cabernet Sauvignon 15%, Canaiolo 10%
Sweet and fresh crushed cherries, a touch of cassis, a touch of fresh flowers and herbs, with fine and supple tannin and a bright, fresh red fruit acidity. This wine is so pleasing and complete. The finish is long but nimble and clean!
A top five new find (for me). Apparently these guys have been around a while but are impossible to find here in the US.
#carmignano #terreamano — 8 years ago
Cloud's Nest Vineyard, as the name suggests is perched 1,500 feet above sea level in the Mayacamas mountain range. Gravelly soils further limit the vines' growth and the aromatics are striking. Earth and forest floor, wild mushrooms, underbrush, warm leather and soy. The palate echoes this high-altitude Cab's woodsy aromatics, with a medium-bodied countenance and a nimble vein of acidity that amplifies black cherries and cedar, and on the finish dried sage and anise. 14.2% ABV | Sample
— 8 years ago
Mighty fine. — 9 years ago
Mighty fine dark battle between tobacco and graphite and black fruit — 9 years ago
Loved it, as did Kaipo and friends. — 9 years ago
Furiously deep, lovely to drink with all kinds of meats, pastas, and a mighty fine wine all by itself! — 10 years ago
This is the level below the 2 Jaspis bottlings and represents the best value in the lineup of Pinots. Ethereal nose. Red fruited to the max, resinous, earthy, bright cranberry. An earthy perfume. Serious deep aromas. Like how fresh flowers are aromatic. 2014 is flames here. Palate is just terrific. In the Red Riesling school. Nimble yet densely fruited with extraordinary balance and purity. Big structure. Lovely tannins and freshness. Ideally needs an hour to breathe and the fruit to really shine. The fruit is stunning here and so lip-smacking and pure. Super long finish. Superb. — 6 years ago
Just perfect with Mighty Quinn's brisket — 7 years ago
Not 'complexity'. This is 100% Cabernet , I think. Plummy & mouthfilling. Mighty fine. — 7 years ago
Crisp, dry, and refreshing. Love it! — 8 years ago
This is mighty tasty. I need more of this stat. — 11 years ago
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Big fella. Still on the very young side. Blueberries and fresh earth. Mighty tasty — 5 years ago