Brad Jensen

9.5

Bought this as a birthday wine and paired it with some Chinese food lamb and eggplant. It’s impressive how much energy and life is still in this, with the color still a clear deep rose, with the bricking amber colors only showing under sharp lighting on the medium body. The nose is like meaty blueberries and mashed strawberries, maybe even a little plum, with musty bookcase and black olive notes with maybe a hint of blood orange as well. It blends perfectly with food, with deep ripe jammy blueberries and black berries, more black olives, a hint of tar, driftwood, barbecue burnt ends and tannin that’s still very much gripping at the end of the palate. The flavor lingers for a looong time, with hints of celery salt and a kind of inky black saucy flavor, like a dark soy sauce but more vinegary towards the end. Damn fine wine. — a month ago

David Lee

8.9

Green apple and lemon aromas. Medium body with good balance. Solid value from Rosenthal. — a year ago

Natalie Lewis

9.3

Light, acidic. Hints of apple. Delicious loved it 2022 Vintage — 3 years ago

Brooke Pauley

9.3

Omaha French restaurant with Kaufmans — 3 years ago

Elisabeth mersier

10

Le Grand Contrôle - Ducasse Year 2018 — 5 years ago

with Karim

Sharon B

9.2

Very nice before dinner wine with sautéed shrimp. — 6 years ago

with Eric

Constance Upton

9.5

Has a nice salinity — 7 years ago

Jody Scharf

9.0

Dark cherries, subtle tannins, dark purple. Overall well balanced. — 2 months ago

romo

9.0

Drink early. Hope 24 has more stuffing. — a year ago

Randy Fuller

9.2

This wine has almost no coloring. Its nose is more herb-driven than mineral-driven, but there is a touch of wet sidewalk in the aromas. The palate is dry and rather flat, with only a hint of acidity. As with the smells, the flavors lean into the herbal side of the spectrum with enough minerals to make it a decent pair with shellfish. It is a pleasant enough wine, and for $7 I will not complain beyond this paragraph. I will, however, keep it in mind for when I need a dry white wine for cooking. — 2 years ago

Kevin Løk

9.1

Very deep and rich. Intense raisin notes but in a good way. — 4 years ago

with Caroline

Jay Eagan

9.5

All Rhones, all summer! — 5 years ago

with Kristine

Martin Bergo

9.0

Stable and great value with its floral, minty and mineral zest. — 6 years ago

Grace Riley

9.1

A lot going on the nose. Red fruit, black fruit, meat, leather. Would be a good wintertime wine. Too bad they’re sold out at Kermit Lynch. Devin gave it 💯 — 6 years ago

with Devin

Sophy Lu Barbieri

9.0

Tempest oyster bar @ madison wi — 3 months ago

Dominique Elena

10

Wow !! Wat een neus!!!!! Late oogst, iets van botrytis? Iig bij de hogere cuvees — 7 months ago

Kathleen Fischer

9.0

Sweet crispy white from Trader Joe’s — 2 years ago

Andres Alonso

9.0

Tremendous bargain! — 3 years ago

Bruce Gunther

9.2

Excellent..great balance, notes of floral and melon. Definitely one we'll gave again. — 4 years ago

Somm David T

Independent Sommelier/Wine Educator

9.2

A producer bottling I’ve not had. This came to be in my procession via a wine exchange with @Severn Goodwin.

This 03 Jade is In fine shape due to its quality production and Severn’s excellent storage of it.

Nose reveals ripe, slightly stewed & baked; dark cherries, blackberries, mixture fresh of our fruits as well as blue fruits with hints of faint poached strawberries. Sweet tarriness, black licorice, black pepper, dark steeped fruit tea, expresso roast, bay leaf, dry crushed rocks, barrel shavings, dark, rich earthiness with dry leaves, mid dark spice, limestone minerals, dry top soil, underbrush with fresh & withering; dark, red, purple, blue florals framed in heavy lavender and soft violets.

The palate is, ripe, rich, elegant, round and lush. After roughly 15 years in bottle, she shows, rounded, dusty, chewy/meaty, dry tannins. The structure, tension, balance & length are just the other side of its peak. The fruits like the nose are slightly stewed & baked; dark cherries, blackberries, mixture fresh of our fruits as well as blue fruits with hints of faint poached strawberries. Sweet tarriness, anise to black licorice, cinnamon, vanilla, black pepper, smoked meats, dark steeped fruit tea, expresso roast, bay leaf, dry crushed rocks, old tobacco, barrel shavings, dark, rich earthiness with dry leaves, mid dark spice, limestone minerals, dry top soil, very dry underbrush, some tree bark/sap with brilliant, fresh & withering; dark, red, purple, blue florals framed in heavy lavender and soft violets. The acidity is really nice...like a cool mountain stream. The long finish is delicious and persist endlessly into dry, dark spice on the long set.

Still has another 3-5 years of good drinking ahead of it depending on your storage and the age you like your wine to show.

Photos of; Previous Owner-Jim Paras (left) with Winemaker Douglas Danielak, Paras Vineyard Syrah clusters ready for harvest and their Paras Vineyard.

Producer notes, San Francisco Lawyer Jim Paras started the winery in 1984. At the time, he produced about 8,000 cases a year of Syrah, Merlot, Mourvhdre and Viognier. In 1994, Chalone began distributing his wines and eventually bought the winery in 2000. — 6 years ago