(Drink between 2030-2080) (12/2019)
French lexicographer Pierre-Claude-Victor Boiste circa 1800
It wasn’t the fruit that was piercing
The 2012 Thorevilos is flamboyant
exotic spices and inky crème de cassis fruit power a deeply expressive Howell Mountain wine
Cayuse, Walla Walla Valley, En Chamberlin Vineyard, Impulsivo Tempranillo 2016 Shiraz (Drink between 2030-2080) (12/2019)98 points Jeb Dunnuck The 2016 Impulsivo is all Tempranillo comes from the En Chamberlin Vineyard and was brought up in 50 60% new French oak. It's a deep ruby purple colored effort and reveals a stunning bouquet of cassis, black cherries, smoked earth, gravelly minerality, and cedary spice. Still tight, backward, and vibrant on the palate, it another one of the 2016s that's going to need 3 4 years of bottle age. (JD) 98+ (4 2019) 95 points Int'l Wine