Soil

Pleasant enough. Not offensive, not remarkable. Some good, subtle soil on frontend too.

A very earthy nose of mushrooms, wet soil and truffles. Firm acids on the attack, give way to sour cherry and raspberry flavors. The finish is taught, but offers good fruit and some nice vanilla tones from the oak.

predominately a blend of grenache, syrah, and cinsault. Some floral notes on the nose, roses combined with cinnamon and raspberry jam. On the palate: raspberry/blackberry, plums with a little red clay earth and exotic...

This opens slowly and cautiously with notes of pollen, licorice, and roasted ligonberry fruit. While subtle this is very complex with a faintly sweet edge to the medicinal herb notes and lovely insinuations of cigarette...

Gorgeous notes of leaves, stems, and moist soil push back against the nicely judged oak giving the wonderfully ripe juniper tinged, wild berry quality that evolves in the glass. This is just classic Sonoma Pinot noir with...

Soil, earth, prosciutto and stemmy pinot fruit greet the nose with an accent of well-integrated wood spice. Nice acids in balance with the pure fruit. This has a lovely, unforced feel with dark raspberry and cherry tone to...

Smoky and reduced on the nose. With air this opens to reveal notes of mineral, eggshell, clay and smoldering herbs over a core of meat, dark, concentrated fruit, smelling a bit like veal reduction. In the mouth this is...

Cola and sassafras on the nose with a cool, deep quality to the fruit that draws you in the glass to discover the notes of perfumed wood, crayon, sand, and coco butter. This is very bright up front with a lovely leafy...