5/19/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Nice bouquet. Plus acidity and good minerality. Light color and transparent that makes it even more classic. One of those rare California true Burgundian style Pinots. May Jim Clendenen rest in piece.

5/19/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Balanced and nuanced. A good representative of the grape.

5/16/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Overoaked with lack of flavor focus, yet drinkable and together..

5/14/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Concentrated and dense. Still need some time to release the fruit from the tannin wrapping and hit the sweet spot. Give it 2-3 more years of aging and it is going to be amazing wine.

5/13/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Excellent concentration and acidity and balance. Kudos.

5/1/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Blah! No focused flavors, acid minus and thin.

4/27/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Thin with unfocused flavors, don't know what more aging can do to this wine. Somewhat disappointing, especially for the price.

4/27/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Has good fruit concentration, but flavors are not focused, acid minus and overoaked.

4/23/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Cherry red color with candy and violet bouquet. Balanced alcohol and acid plus. Medium body and velvety tannins. Medium to long finish with good focus of flavors.

4/23/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Kudos! Considering the vintage, this is amazing wine.

4/23/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Amazing salmon color, citrus peel bouquet, fresh acidity, and good fruit. Balanced alcohol with some hoppy finish. Great wine.

4/14/2022 - Winiac wrote:

Thin and watery.

4/14/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Mute and dead on opening. Needs 1-2 hour of decanting to come alive. Then gives you ripe fruit with a balanced, nuanced and solid wine structure.

4/12/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Pure balance and ripe fruit. Floored with the quality of the wines. Very solid.

4/12/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Ripe fruit and good concentration.Needs at least two hours of decanting to come alive, was rely mute the first night, but really good the second night.

4/11/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Sweet and ripe fruit. Delicious and crowd pleaser.

4/6/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Flavors not very focused bur the wine is balanced and pleasant.

4/4/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Still drinkable and together but past peak, not "tired" by any means. For my palate, I wish that I had run into the bottle 3 years earlier! The old world grit and savoriness is evident.

3/30/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Ripe, sweet, concentrated fruit, acid minus. Excessively over oaked. Was very spicy, almost bitter the fist night, but much better the second night. Sweet and hedonistic the second night.

3/25/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Balanced with good acidity. Not much of a flavor though. I will age one bottle to see what comes out, but I am not holding my breath!

3/18/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Comes alive with some decanting, but no really vivacious wine. On decline, yet balanced.

3/16/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Not very focused flavors, and a bit oaky.

3/16/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Ton of sediment to the bottle side and bottom. Still dark ruby. Ripe fruit and good concentration. Medium to long length and pleasant finish.

3/12/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Spicy and herbal with bright acidity. Prominent oak and some pencil shaves. Good balance and pleasant finish.

3/12/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Bluish purple hue. Pleasant wild flowers and hurbs with berry bouquet. Hedonistic style wine, with impeccable fruit (blue berries and plum) concentration and balance. Ripe fruit but good acidity. Long length and pleasant finish. What a show stopper!

3/8/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Fresh acidity. Fruit is not quite ripe and has some green flavors. Hot and disjointed. Somewhat disappointing when compared with good vintages like 2005. Still drinkable wine!

3/8/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Nice bouquet of violets and cassis. Sweet and ripe red fruit with good concentration and focus of flavors. Balanced with medium to long length and pleasant finish.

3/1/2024 - Winiac Does not like this wine:

The wine has good bouquet, fruit and acidity but is a bit hot and overoaked. Was better the second night. Needs two -three hours of decanting to open up and loose some bitterness.

2/26/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Wow, this bottle was something else! One of the best bottles since 2007. Not sure why my previous bottle was so disjointed, but this one was balanced and together with nuance and focused flavors with good back bone and structure. Has delicious factor as well. Kudos!

2/26/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Still drinkable and savory. Balanced and together. Depending on how you would define "peak" one might call it past peak, but I did not mind. The wine is settled down, but is not getting more complex.

2/19/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Over oaked but still pleasant. Not very extracted or focused. I remember 2005 -2006 vintages were less oaked and purer, although not exact same wine.

2/19/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Acid minus but good concentration and balance. Drinkable but past peak.

2/12/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Lots of sediment, don't disturb the bottle! Black berry, cooked berries and spices bouquet. Big, bold, and extracted. Spicy but ripe and balanced with crisp acidity. Long length and pleasant finish. Kudos!

2/8/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Balanced with good structure and focused red berries flavors.

2/5/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Focused and extracted with elegance and definition.

2/5/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Fruit bomb but balanced with good backbone. Delicious wine.

2/2/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Solid wine but has shortcomings in the bouquet and the taste! What is left? Solid structure!

1/29/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Balanced, but acid minus. Flavors are not very focused, but overall, very drinkable and pleasant.

1/25/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Balanced and nuanced. Not very focused but has a lot of finesse.

1/15/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Balanced and together. Not as much extracted as you would like, i.e. the flavors do not have as much focus as you would like. Overall good bottle.

1/15/2024 - Winiac wrote:

I am impressed with the color: Pitch black! Extracted and long in finish. Acid minus, but well developed and balanced.

1/8/2024 - Winiac wrote:

I think it is past peak at this point. It's acid minus, ripe fruit structure is not helping to keep it alive.

1/2/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Round and juicy with very good concentration of flavors. Adequate extraction and good balance. Long finish. Pretty good wine.

1/2/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Balanced with medium weight and nuanced flavors with reasonable focus, but nothing special.

1/2/2024 - Winiac wrote:

Balanced but does not have a solid structure. Flavors are good but not very focused or intense. Overall good wine.

12/29/2023 - Winiac wrote:

Pure fruit with nice acidity to keep it fresh and tasty. Balanced with integrated oak and alcohol. Will amazingly work with any braised meat with raisin in the braising liquid. Kudos.

12/27/2023 - Winiac wrote:

Very savory and complex flavor profile with. lots of green olives and whiff of oxidized fruit. Full mouthfeel. Slightly hot and off balance, yet because of its highly complex flavor profile, I gave it a 90 plus score.I will buy again.

12/27/2023 - Winiac wrote:

Acid minus with generous fruit, yet somewhat flabby structure and mouthfeel.

12/27/2023 - Winiac wrote:

Plush fruit with balanced structure and mature flavors. Nice mouthfeel with long length and pleasant finish.

12/23/2023 - Winiac wrote:

This bottle was different than the first one. Subtle but balanced.