Justin Isosceles, Paso Robles 2018: Deep ruby color cherry, raspberry, redcurrant on the nose black cherry, black and red currant, raspberry, blackberry, oak on the palate. The milky, creamy elements of the cheese superbly complemented this wine. With the higher tannins, this really benefitted when paired with the delicious cheeses. Oak, vanilla, chocolate from time with oak barrels. Blend of 83% cabernet sauvignon, 9% cabernet franc, 8% merlot. Dry bold tannic, but not extravagantly so. Justin Isosceles, Paso Robles 2017: Deep ruby color cherry, raspberry, redcurrant on the nose black cherry, blackberry, black and currant, raspberry, plum, oak on the palate. After five years of bottle age, this is smoother and softer than the succeeding two vintages, although all are high quality, rich, Paso Robles fruit-forward efforts. Blend of 85% cabernet sauvignon, 8% cabernet franc, 7% merlot. Justin Isosceles, Paso Robles 2016: Deep ruby color black cherry, raspberry, redcurrant on the nose black cherry, black and currant, blackberry, raspberry, oak on the palate. That is the story for another day and not for a wine blog, but we endured three days of no power and no water and I know we can do better. Welcome also to the fragility of Texas’s insistence on not being part of the national grid for power. Sadly, I was not able to participate in the live Zoom online tasting because, in Texas, we had no power, no water, and temperatures near zero when the virtual tasting was held. The tasting underscored the differences in vintage-notably climate-but also likely the effect of bottle age. Fast summary: all three wines were similarly excellent, rich, and tracked with similar profiles. In addition, Justin provided four cheeses-Vella Mezzo Secco Monterey Jack, Fiscalini Farmstead Old World Cheddar, igourmet Barely Buzzed cow’s milk cheese, igourmet Marieke Age Raw Milk Gouda. The wine was Justin’s flagship red, Isosceles, vintages 2016, 2017, 2018 Recently, Justin Vineyard & Winery organized a vertical tasting-tasting various vintages of the same wine. This is different wine review than I have attempted before.
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