Winery - Cottonwood Canyon
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Expensive, yes, but aims high and largely succeeds in finesse and elegance. Drinks long, smooth and rich, with layers of citrus, vanilla, lees, toasted coconut and smoky wood that finish complex. This is the first sparkling wine from this winery I’ve tasted, and it’s a quite impressive.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is one of the reddest BdNs I’ve ever seen, and the wine is correspondingly full-bodied and varietally rich. It shows frank strawberry and raspberry flavors, yet maintains a dry elegance and even a light silkiness. Should be fabulous with Ahi tuna, especially tartare.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sweet and crisp in acidity. Shows blackberry jam, cassis and chocolate flavors that could be more concentrated, as the finish is rather light.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Getting old and pale, but there’s good, crisp acidity, and the wine is clean and vibrant. Although it’s a bit thin, the flavors, of dried raspberries and cherries, sweet leather and anise, are interesting.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
At nearly six years old, this Pinot is losing fruit and getting tired. Pale in color, turning brown and soft, it shows dried cherry and cola flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This Syrah-Pinot Noir blend shows elements of both. It’s interesting, a work in progress, with the silky, light body and cherry-cola flavors of a coastal Pinot, and a grippy edge of tannin. Good structure, with some complexity. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tasted alongside the winery’s more expensive vintage bottlings, this one’s so close, you can hardly tell the difference. It’s very dry and oaky, with a bracing minerality to the kumquat and pineapple flavors.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sharp and tart, with wintergreen mint flavors beside some cherries and oak. Okay to toss back with bistro-style fare.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tastes dry and thin, with baked cherry flavors turning herbal and tea-like. Yet it’s clean and vibrant.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
On the sharp, green, minty side, which makes it problematic, although there’s just enough cherry flavor for salvage. Finishes totally dry.
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