Having tasted this as a barrel sample, it was nice to get to taste this from bottle.  Of course, it is young, but at age six, it is showing very well.  Purple  in color, opaque and bright.  The nose is concentrated but big with cassis, slight graphite, char, and spice.  Full bodied.  Firm tannins.  Good energy.  On the palate, cassis, graphite, chocolate, spice and char.  Delicious.  Long finish.  This is drinking well but it will easily go another ten to fifteen more years.  Great on its own, this will work well with big meat or roasted vegetables.  

This is Chenin Blanc from South Africa.  it is excellent and a great value.  Light golden in color, clear and bright.  The nose is great with oranges, orange rind and minerality.  Also, some salinity.  Medium bodied.  Good balance and acidity.  On the palate, the minerality dominates but the citrus gives it some lift and energy.  Long finish.  This is great on its own but also great with food.  This would go very well with grilled Tuna Steaks.  Drink over the next ten years.  

Another great GV from Carlisle.  This bears some resemblance to its Austrian counterparts, but is certainly from California.  Light gold/green in color, clear and bright.  The nose is nice with limes, granny smith apples and minerals.  Light to medium bodied.  Well balance.  Good acidity.  On the palate, limes, some apples and slight vanilla note.  Tasty.  This drink great on its own and will work well with lighter foods.  It would be a nice with with Quiche.  Drink over the next five to eight years.  

From one of the top producers of vintage Port, this was an extremely hot vintage across Europe.  Taylor handled it beautifully creating a VP that really needed twenty plus years to be ready to start drinking.  Purple in color, ruby rim, opaque and bright.  This still looks youthful.  The nose is great with chocolate covered raspberries, char, and a slight espresso bean note.  Full bodied.  Light to medium tannins.  Good balance.  On the palate, this is sweet, not cloying.  Delicious.  Flavors of chocolate, raspberries, slight dark chocolate, and char.  Long finish.  This is complex if still

This is the flagship wine, 100% Pinot Noir from the Willamette Valley in Oregon.    Deep garnet in color, mostly opaque and night.  The  nose is dusty with black cherries.  Light tannins.  Good balance.  On the palate, black cherries and cherries with a musky quality that is interesting.  Good finish.  This is an earthy, musky Pinot that Burgundy lovers might really enjoy.  It is nice on its own but would be better with food.  It would work well with some soft, stinky cheese.  Drink over the next ten years.  

This is Chenin Blanc from the Loire Valley in France.  The name represents the "Three Clays" or three clay dominant parcels of land.  It is not labelled as such but is essentially a Demi-Sec or Half-dry wine.  Light golden in color with green hues, clear and bright.  The nose is nice with an apple sauce quality.  Slight, slight tannins.  Good acidity.  Medium bodied.  On the palate, this is slightly (or perhaps a bit more) sweet.  Flavors of apples with a bit of wild herbs and a chalky minerality.  Good finish.  This is drinking well on its own and will work with some lighter foods.  Fried

This is a nice, middle-of-the-road in style, Pinot Noir.  Cristom's flagship Pinot is generally a good value and high quality.  Purple/ruby in color, mostly opaque and bright.  The nose has cherries, sandalwood and slight baking spices.  Firm tannins.  Soft texture.  Good balance.  On the palate, great cherry fruit with some spice and just a hint of forest floor.  This is very young and needs air or more cellaring.  That said, it is very enjoyable and drinks well on its own.  It will also work well with many foods from grilled salmon to roasted fowl.  Drink over the next eight to fifteen ye

This is a wine from Morocco made by Rhone producer Alain Graillot at a Moroccan winery.  Purple in color, opaque and bright.  The nose has black raspberries, black pepper,  roasted meats and spices.  Full bodied.  Medium tannins.  On the palate, this is a big Syrah by Rhone terms (not California).  Flashy black raspberry fruit with some depth.  Flavors of black raspberries with some herbal notes and black pepper.  Good finish.  This drinks well on its own and would work nice with meaty foods.  Shawarma seems like it would be a fun match.  

This is a dry Riesling from the Finger Lakes in NY, an area that has continued to raise the quality of its wineries and wines over the lest twenty years.  This is outstanding.  Deeper gold in color with some green hues.  I would assume it is fermented and aged in neutral oak due to the color, but can not verify this.  On the nose its more about minerality with slight lemony notes.  Oily texture.  Medium bodied.  Good balance and acidity.

Whitehall Lane Winery has a focus on red wines, more Cabernet driven wines. This 2019 blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and Zinfandel offers notes of blackberry, blueberry, black cherry, boysenberry, and huckleberry. The fruit is fully structured by moderate to mature tannins, the use of judicious oak, and a mild acidity. There are back notes of vanilla, sandalwood, and light campfire. This is definitely a food friendly red wine to pair with a various dishes, but it’s also a wine that makes you remember how good Napa wines can be when they’re treated with restraint.