Cyrus Kay

9.3

Immediate tart fruit nose - raspberry and blueberry, rhubarb; gives way to ripe blackcurrant. Hints of charcoal.

Lovely palate - beautiful balance. Very smooth texture - very well integrated tannins. Starts with more tree bark-sequence notes, herbaceous and cinnamon undertones, before fading into rich, soft black and purple fruit, with exceptionally bouncy black currant again a dominating theme, and with minor forest floor undertones to add the equivalent of subtle crows feet.
It's like it tells you it's age first, then proceeds to flirt with you. This is a cougar wine: it snares you with a sense of mature yet bouncy fun and then proceeds to beguile you with a mix of old and new in both aroma, taste and texture. A slightly high level of acid from its advanced years is a low price to pay for drinking it all.

Lovely long finish that gives beautiful chewy fruit, yielding to herby zest after seemingly long time.

Only criticisms are a slight muddling of fruit flavours, and a slight preponderance of acid on the front of the tongue. — 9 years ago

with Aimie

Bob Schroeck

9.2

Vintage 2013. Drank with Patti and Pete on 12/10/2016 in Nashville while playing Sequence. — 9 years ago

Roger Cabrera

9.3

This stuff is amazing. Everything is in sequence. Considerable red fruit taking the stage. Cranberries and some pomegranate. Stewed cherry and blackberry. The vanilla from the oak shines through and the acidity is on point. Full body, tenacious finish. A powerhouse in a bespoke suit. — 11 years ago

Roger Cabrera

9.2

Delicate and refined. All the fruit, the oak, the acidity- none of it competed but instead presented itself in complete sequence. Elegant and extremely perfumed. — 11 years ago

Ryan Lee

9.4

Gosh darn it! This is just delicious — 11 years ago