4/20/2024 - wino from way back wrote:

FYI, Per WS: Score 94
“This expressive red is dynamic, yet retains a sense of elegance and refinement, showing pomegranate and blueberry flavors underscored by river stone and dusky spice accents. Builds tension toward lively tannins. Drink now through 2032. 4,888 cases made.
Tim Fish
Issue Date: Dec 15, 2023
Release Price: $32/750mL”
I have not tried this yet. Bought 2 bottles based on above WS review. For $29 I’d be happy with a 92. We shall see.

3/17/2024 - Limbus Lafayette wrote:

Pomarium represents the more muscular style of Pinot Noir at Peay. The artistry and balance achieved by winemaker Vanessa Wong are quite impressive. We shouldn't be surprised given her pedigree of making wine at Peter Michael, Lafite-Rothschild and Domaine Jean Gros in Vosne-Romanée.

Wine Advocate and Lisa Perrotti-Brown's The Wine Independent think this is one special Pinot Noir. Jeb goes a step further and believes it is as close to perfect as you get!

"The 2021 Pinot Noir Pomarium. is packed with notes of black cherry liqueur and kirsch, pure ripe fruit, a touch of sage, and sweet earth. It’s more grounded and muscular, with ripe, broad tannins, and has great depth as well as a grounded nature, with good fruit throughout. Drink over 2026-2046."
- 99 Points, Jeb Dunnuck (7/23/2023)

1/9/2024 - Mark1npt Likes this wine:

Been a year since my last bottle of this vintage....pnp'd to go with Carol's lunch of homemade Bechamel lasagna. I think I may have missed out on my bottle of this one last year by giving it too much air at the beginning.

Dark purple, opaque in the glass. Nose of cassis, with a hint of forest floor. Palate is big and rich and energetic. Bags of smooth red/black fruit, high quality fruit, well integrating tannins and wonderful acidity backing it all up. This is going down very smooth right now. Nice long finish, too. This starts at the pnp as a 92-93, but with as little as 2 hours of air it's an easy 95 now, fades a little after 2-3 hours of air but it's basically gone by then anyway. Kudos to Michael Savaiano for making this one!

12/27/2023 - FredericA Likes this wine:

This wine at ten years has gone from a dumb phase to something close to perfection. What a transformation.

12/21/2023 - Nanda wrote:

Magnum. Corked, and a shame as there was a ton of fruit.

6/24/2022 - prestonlee_lc Likes this wine:

Wasn't expecting this to be that intrigued. The caramel rush at first is quickly balanced by the tea palate.

Easily another 3-5 years ahead. Great value for money.

Bought to blind taste with friends against Grange of the same vintage. Watch this space!

12/9/2023 - Jahull03 wrote:

Opened this for a birthday celebration - wanted something celebratory and clearly aged, yet graceful. I’ve had a lot of wine over the years - not much has been better than this. In a perfect spot on its vibrant, fruit-forward and graceful aging curve. Jus about perfect.

11/20/2023 - Empirate wrote:

Slo-ox x 4h. Paired with mild vegan chili.

Integrated though not advanced. Delicious dark (but not punchy) fruit profile with balanced mouth feel and medium+ length. Disappeared quickly.

No rush but in a nice window.

11/16/2023 - Empirate wrote:

Dark fruit profile holding up, still some structure. Opened up with a couple hours in a decanter.

Not sure there is pretty tertiary development in the future but not ruled out. With 2 more, likely will hold one for scientific purposes.

9/13/2023 - DnDKado wrote:

Dinner with Barry andMike Roth

5/3/2023 - sfwinelover1 Likes this wine:

First of three from a large private party purchase about 2.5 years ago (hard to price individual bottles, but about $80@). On the nose and palate, black currants and cherries and lesser notes of mixed dark berries, red licorice, coffee grounds, dark chocolate, smoke, graphite and a bit of forest spice. Dark crimson, medium to full bodied, thick legs. Medium+ tannins, silky and well-integrated, medium acidity, very well integrated alcohol (15% abv). VG+ complexity and persistence, good+ intensity. My first so much as sip of any O’Shaughnessy product, and, unlike for many other tasters, it came out of the bottle singing, with its large elements beautifully balanced, mouth filling and well-integrated, a lovely and sophisticated pour. This version of this bottling hits a good spot on the Napa-BDX continuum, with sweet, opulent fruit held in a really nice spot by solid structure and just a touch of savoriness. Consistent notes over 3 nights of tasting, equally solid on its own and with a veal chop. Just a bit more concentration and delineation could have lifted this from excellence to closer to greatness. I was a bit surprised, relative to other ‘13s at fairly similar price points I’ve had in the past year-18 months (Chappellet, Nickel & Nickel CC, Riverain, Hartwell ER), at the level of maturity in this wine; it drinks like it’s already in the middle of its drinking window. I don’t think slippage is likely anytime soon but suspect it’s at or close to peak, and I’ll drink my remaining bottles in the next couple of years, maybe a bit less. Notable qpr at what I paid for it, if a bit less inspiring at the $130-150 I’m currently seeing on WS. Under any circumstances, really solid showing, and looking forward to my remaining bottles. 94++

10/21/2022 - Empirate wrote:

Nice fruit, just thinning at the rim but still garnet. A bit astringent with alcohol also covering up the fruit and medium-short finish. Did not improve over 3 days.

Suffered by comparison to a 2009 ACV CS.

12/28/2021 - Stoic Warrior Likes this wine:

Bought this on recommendation of a local retailer to whom I gave a brief that I was seeking a top drawer Napa cabernet sauvignon or blend with at least 5+ years age on it, for drinking now rather than cellar, to accompany a Christmas rib of beef, for a budget $100. "Good luck!" seemed to be her unspoken reaction, but of the three offerings she proposed I opted for this one. I was not disappointed, but I will always have high expectations of any wine costing more than $100.

Decanted on the day for 6 hours, testing now and then. Colour of aubergine, scent of summer flowers, palate of dark fruits, earthy spices and oak. Medium finish. Very Napa, with a hint of Bdx.

2nd day: very little degradation. Silkier. Oak more subdued. Some leather now evident. A nice wine. However ... I am sure there are many wines of similar high quality at or well below this price point. Reading up on it, I appreciate the pedigree of both its grapes and winemaker, but for what is, frankly, a second wine from young vines, one suspects that a good part of this wine's price and prestige are a function of name-drop star worship.

12/25/2020 - Tas Frangoullides wrote:

Can't remember drinking it

10/31/2021 - Empirate wrote:

Clean cherry/raspberry. uncomplex and well enjoyed but not understanding the glowing reviews on this wine. Fan of the producer. wonder whether the screw cap is an issue?

11/2/2021 - Twowinechicks wrote:

The bottle neck broke when I was opening it—this is one of our house whites, and we’ve never before had any issue with DeLille wines.

9/12/2021 - ikkaariainen Likes this wine:

Not too often do I get to write the first CT TN on a wine. A very pleasant surprise, definitely recommend and a good QPR wine at our purchase price from the Wine Vault in Charlotte NC. A very good and still very young single vineyard Oregonian pinot from a well respected producer - right now more of a hold then a drink. With more age I see the score going up at least 1-2 points. At this point dark purple, very approachable even at this point with well balanced tannins and with appropriate cellaring this wine should continue improving for another 5 years and then be well drinkable for at least another 5 years beyond that. Fresh floral nose with dark cherry present, surprisingly soft mouth feel, medium long aftertaste with primary flavors as expected of dark cherry, a touch of oak and more strawberry then raspberry. The 1st of 12 bottles, looking forward to seeing how they age over the next 5-10 years.

ADDENDUM 10/10/2021: Pulled 2nd bottle sooner then anticipated. The 1st bottle was pretty much destroyed when opened but this 2nd bottle carried into the next day - even better the next day showing how young this wine is and how much it benefits from time and air right now. 91+ points 2nd day.

6/12/2021 - pinoteer Does not like this wine:

Someone threw fresh grass clippings, lemon juice, and cat pee in a blender, hit frappé, and filtered the resulting slurry into a bottle. No, that's not a good thing. Just someone's twisted concept of what good SB should taste like.

6/2/2021 - acheng wrote:

A decidedly civilized and reserved interpretation of CDP with all the requisite herbs and cherry fruit. Understated but get the point across.

3/25/2020 - hsacks Likes this wine:

Similar to the 11/28/18 bottle.

3/13/2020 - jaylew1 wrote:

Still pretty oaky and vanilla - dominated. Score is for the future . This is going to be absurdly good in a couple of years. The XI estates are basically impenetrable for at least 5-6 years after harvest so the window is just opening. y

2/19/2020 - Bacchus&Ceres Likes this wine:

Beautiful, deep rich black raspberry color, opaque, long slow tears, shiny. Black plum, warm earth, cedar & tar aromatics. Mouth full voluptuous soft tannins, black fruits, subtle pepper, soft gripping mid pallete, lingering finish. Big, full, satisfying, muscular yet elegant; a beautiful wine in the heart of Winter. Thanks once again 750 wines, another gorgeous glass, cheers!

2/9/2020 - hsacks Likes this wine:

Similar to the 3/15/19 bottle.

7/20/2019 - mflesh wrote:

Wow, what a Chardonnay! This was served next to the 2013, both served blind. This Chardonnay was the total package. I guessed the approximate year and region. Lots of guesses for Aubert here. Nose and palate of toasted brioche, peach, pear, white flowers. Thick, full-bodied, viscous, rounded, 30-45 second finish. perfectly balanced and integrated. Ready to kick some ass. This is probably in the running for best domestic Chardonnay I have experienced to date. And amazing how different this one was served right next to a Peter Michael that was one vintage younger!

11/10/2019 - jshufelt wrote:

Consistent with previous tasting note.

7/28/2019 - tomoem Likes this wine:

I am reiterating notes from last November. I found the notes perfectly attributable again tonight.

Awesome Zin with a creamy texture and velvety mouthfeel. Starts with crushed blueberry nose with some floral notes. Really balanced in mouth, velvet like feel with flavors of blueberry both at the mid palette and finish. Long lingering flavor which after 30 seconds includes white pepper and doesn't quit. One of the better zinfandel

1/12/2018 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:

Winorama: A winter in Wineland II; 1/6/2018-1/14/2018 (Portland, Eureka, Napa): First time with Sean's Pinots which I guess is where he started in winemaking. Tasted at O'Shaughnessy. This was a nice elegant and well made wine. A touch more stemmy which I tend to like. Well balanced. Figs and plums as well but not a fruit dominant version by any means. Nice wine.

7/6/2019 - logos Likes this wine:

Lively, flowery, delicate lemon peel nose, with a hint of sulphur. Delicious, lemony-mineral savour is very clean, sharp, and flowery; extremely youthful. Needs 3+ years.

4/3/2019 - KPB Likes this wine:

I last wrote a TN for this wine in 2012 and I'm amazed at how similar it still is today! A really lovely wine, the 2009 Pegau is deep blackish-purple with a strikingly aromatic nose centered on a blackberry compote, crème de cassis and spice cake, but with all sorts of nuanced notes: melted licorice, Provençal herbs, black chocolate. On the palate, you are reminded of plum torte yet the level of acidity and tannins keep the fruit in check -- an almost Burgundian palate. Very long finish. This really is a great Pegau… I bought 12 and should have gone for 24. Given the slow pace of evolution, you can drink it now but it will still be a stunner 10 years from now.

12/21/2018 - aknot13 wrote:

Same note - see 10/28/2018.

11/1/2018 - Empirate wrote:

Followed over 6 hours.

Funky blend, dark blue and red fruit. Very Charles Smith (big) but balance is off (acidic) and Heat is too much.

Not dead but likely best days are behind and doubt this is goimg anywhere good.

Sorry for the downer note, calling it as I see it: one for the neighborhood party or when the wife is away and you need to do your pennance for bad wine choices.

10/8/2018 - Eric Van Likes this wine:

Had a bottle with Kent at his home watching a Skins game. Enjoyed a nice pork chop with the wine.

9/20/2018 - Bladams13 Likes this wine:

Too much wine not enough notes this weekend. I really liked this. Beautiful nose bright berries, florals and spice. Palate followed suit, with ripe fruit and enough acidity to balance it out. It came across a little thin at first but filled out with air.

5/19/2018 - canan wrote:

BYO: This is pretty stunning wine when it performs and it certainly did on this occasion.
There is an enormous acidity that fits the very dark fruits nicely. Packed with tannins and in total this is a wine that is best served with food.
Despite that this is a very powerful wine, the lovely acidity makes a pleasure to drink. Lovely balance and med-long aftertaste.
Loved it!

8/14/2018 - Clark W Griswold wrote:

Great winemaker. Great vineyard. Pours almost black. Double decant through menu decanter. Superb mouthfeel! Not a lot of fruit here but dark fruits are present, smoke, cedar, with baking spice and savory notes. Masculine. Short finish. Seems a bit overrated here on CT at the moment. Huge value from full pull.

Update:
Pnp tonight and there is a bit more of a rocks kind of funk coming through here.. still not my favorite but I would say this wine is better without a decant.

5/14/2018 - MC2 Wines wrote:

Not really the wine for me. The biggest issue was a bit of lacking acidity which meant the wine wasn't really great for pairing with food. It comes across as a bit more extracted and fruit forward and then not very complex in that format.

5/16/2018 - Empirate wrote:

No score

3/22/2018 - welsh.p wrote:

some advice needed please ladies and gents
how long would you recommend , after ive opened the bottle to drink
The wine looks ruby colored.

2/25/2018 - Redteeth wrote:

Decanted this bottle and let it stand quite a while. It was very nice and I enjoyed it. Its my first taste of any of the O'Shaughnessy Cabs. I'd like to try the regular NAPA as I am not sure the QPR is great on this one.

1/15/2018 - Tim Heaton wrote:

Lovely at first (as expected), but with air, and by the 90 minute mark, an initial spot of brett had manifested into something more problematic, and the wine was, finally, unenjoyable. Very surprised this occured, likely a one-off. Six left, with high hopes.

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1/9/2018 - EMichels wrote:

(Old note - tasting date not accurate) Nice nose; Rich fruit; Deep golden color

11/8/2017 - PSPatrick wrote:

The wine was medium to dark ruby in colour and showed plenty of oak, red and dark fruit, chocolate, cocoa, spice, vanilla, coconut and smoke on the nose. On the palate, the wine showed red and dark fruit, sweet oak, dark chocolate, cocoa, vanilla and coconut, with medium-level acidity and tannin, a creamy mouthfeel and very good length. The medium-bodied, ripe and oaky wine benefited from aeration, but the oak was very dominant at the wine’s current stage and I will hold on to my other bottles for a while to see how the wine develops.

11/26/2016 - TJV wrote:

X

11/1/2017 - Arianne48 wrote:

$43 average

10/13/2017 - buckeye76 Likes this wine:

Still young, but nevertheless, a great bottle. Lots of fruit in the nose and flavor, blueberries, blackberries, currants, black cherries, and hints of chocolate. Long finish, smooth tannins, and nice complexity. I look forward to future bottles from my cellar. This was purchased at The Oven (Cellar) in Lincoln, NE for about retail price along with a 2010 K Vintners The Beautiful. Great wine list with excellent prices!

10/11/2017 - Rjhorn4321 wrote:

Decanter staff

9/24/2017 - matage wrote:

Decanted for 1h and poured back in bottle before serving. Rather muted bottle, quite dried out fruit and missing the expected "ompf". Not bad, just not interesting. It felt like it was going downhill...

9/25/2017 - Bilbo Likes this wine:

Love this wine! Great Rhine style blend with great nose, terrific mouth feel and full prolonged finish. Major fruit might offend some but for me, it doesn't get much better. Hats off to Mark!

7/16/2017 - Slaz Likes this wine:

Consistent with my May 6 note.

7/4/2017 - Sundbyberg wrote:

93-94.
See my previous note on this wine.