Winery - Tamayo Family
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a now you see it, now you don’t Pinot. It’s so young and acidic-tannic, it changes by the second in the glass, now brooding and shut, now ripely fruity in red currants and spicy mocha. This is suggestive of a wine with a future. It would be a pity to open it now. Give it through 2009.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a rich, densely layered Cab. It’s showing complex flavors of black currants, dark chocolate and cedar. The tannins are a little edgy, giving the wine an astringent bite that could mellow out with mid-term aging.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Big, dark and high in jammy cherry and blackberry extract and rich in tannins. Not showing much now, unless you’re just into size, but should develop over the next six years, maybe longer.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made in an appealing popular style, this Chard has ripe flavors of pineapples, pears, peaches and figs, with oak barrel notes of creamy vanilla and smoke.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A rich, complex Pinot that shows the intricacies of Santa Lucia Pinot Noir yet retains an immediate drinkability for its silky fruit forwardness. Dry and crisp, the flavors of cherries, currants, cola, vanilla and smoky oak finish with a clean spiciness.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Syrah and Dry Creek Valley have long been good partners, and this dry, rich wine shows why. It’s firm in tannins, but they’re finely ground, giving the wine a nice grit to play against fine grilled beef or lamb. The flavors are textbook, suggesting black currants, black raspberries, violets, anisette and dark chocolate.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Has some Viognier and Sémillon for added richness, but there’s still a pretty powerful blast of raw, green gooseberry that’s less than ripe. There are also tiers of figs, melons and vanilla.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
There’s an earthy taste to this Chard that brings to mind tobacco and dried sage, while the fruit veers towards apricots and peaches. Creamy oak adds the usual nuances to this dry, soft wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The grapes were just short of perfectly ripe, leaving a touch of jalapeño to the more pleasant citrus and fig flavors. If you’re sensitive to that, avoid. If not, this is a pleasantly dry, crisp white wine.
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