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Vintage	Producer	Product Name	Notes	Source	Score	Sell Sheet	Updated
2015	Pursued by Bear	Cabernet Sauvignon	The 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon, blended with 19% Merlot, begins with a dense, dark-fruited core with spicy undertones of oak that waft with elegant floral expressions. Full-bodied, the wine is weighty and well-defined across the mid-palate, delivering pleasuring with a lush, open-knit and generous expression and velvety mouthfeel. The wine continues to evolve in the mouth on the long, lingering and sophisticated finish, giving lasting flavors of blackberry jus, crème brûlée and juicy plum. 479 cases produced. Well done, it’s beautiful and silky. I want another sip.	Wine Advocate	92+		2020-05-21
2015	Pursued by Bear	Baby Bear Syrah	The 2015 Syrah Baby Bear is open and wafts from the glass with a juicy core of fruit and aromas of Chambord, dark spiced plum, dense mocha tones and smoky chocolate essence. Full-bodied, the palate is rich, compact, focused and robust with flavors of blackberry jus and black spices that coat the palate with balance and precision. It lingers long with the generous black fruit essence on the persistent finish that continues to evolve in the mouth. This comes recommended. 389 cases produced.	Wine Advocate	91		2020-05-21
2016	Domaine Jean Royer	Chateauneuf du Pape - Tradition	Deep ruby/purple-colored, the 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape checks in as a mix of 90% Grenache and 5% each of Syrah and Cinsault, aged in a mix of barrels, demi-muids and stainless steel. Kirsch, blackberries, ground pepper, and some loamy, earthy notes all emerge from this powerful yet elegant Grenache that has tons of exuberance and personality. It might be too much for some, but it’s a beautiful expression of Grenache.	Jeb Dunnuck	93		2020-05-14
2016	Domaine Jean Royer	Chateauneuf du Pape - Prestige	The 2016 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Prestige is the only wine to include significant portions of Mourvèdre (85% Grenache and 15% Mourvèdre), partially destemmed and aged in a mix of demi-muids, barrels, and concrete tanks. It has a darker, slightly more reserved bouquet of blackberries, peppery herbs, graphite, and scorched earth. It's rich, powerful, concentrated and textured, yet also beautifully balanced and pure, with fine tannin. Give bottles a year or three, and it's going to cruise for a decade.	Jeb Dunnuck	93+		2020-05-14
2015	Domaine Jean Royer	Chateauneuf du Pape - Sables de la Crau	The 2015 Châteauneuf-du-Pape Les Sables de La Crau is 100% Grenache from the sandy part of the famed La Crau lieu-dit. It offers terrific notes of wild strawberries, currants, dried flowers and spice, full-bodied richness, sweet, polished tannin and a great finish. While this vintage was difficult for the sandy terroirs, this cuvée is impressive!	Jeb Dunnuck	94		2020-05-14
2017	Domaine Jean Royer	Chateauneuf du Pape - Prestige	Bright-hued ruby. Mineral-accented raspberry, cherry liqueur and garrigue aromas are complicated by subtle game and incense nuances. Silky, focused and alluringly sweet, offering pliant red and blue fruit preserve, spicecake and floral pastille flavors that in no way show that this wine is wine is from warm year. Finishes sappy, sweet and extremely long, with suave, well-knit tannins and resonating floral and spice notes.	Vinous	95-96		2020-05-14
2016	Domaine Jean Royer	Chateauneuf du Pape - Tradition	Dark bright-rimmed red. Highly perfumed red fruit and floral aromas show excellent clarity and a building mineral nuance. Sweet and seamless on the palate, offering intense raspberry and boysenberry flavors that deepen steadily as the wine opens up. On the weighty side as this bottling goes, much as is the case with its 2015 sibling, but there's no lack of vivacity here. Finishes very long and spicy, with fine-grained tannins lending shape and closing grip.	Vinous	92		2020-05-14
2017	Cedric Parpette	Côte-Rôtie Montmain	Deep, lurid ruby. Powerful, mineral-accented cherry and blackberry scents, along with suggestions of smoked meat, licorice, potpourri and pungent flowers. Deeply concentrated but energetic on the palate, offering deeply concentrated black and blue fruit preserve flavors that become sweeter with air. Closes impressively long, sappy and sweet, with juicy acidity adding lift and cut to the blue-fruit driven, youthfully tannic finish.	Vinous	93		2020-05-13
2016	David Arthur	Cabernet Sauvignon Three Acre	Composed of 96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Petit Verdot, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Estate Three Acre has a deep garnet-purple color and is beautifully perfumed of candied violets, Ceylong tea, underbrush and cigar box scents with a core of blackcurrant cordial, redcurrant jelly and black raspberries. Medium to full-bodied, elegantly styled and very polished on the palate, it has an exquisitely fine-grained texture and long harmonious finish.	Wine Advocate	94		2020-05-13
2017	Trentadue Winery	La Storia Zinfandel Alexander Valley	Sinewy in leather, black currant and black tea, this wine is structured in tannin and oak, complex and appealing in moderate richness and ripeness. The finish is soft and lingering in baking spice.	Wine Enthusiast	90		2020-05-07