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2020

Flat Creek Estate

Estate Montepulciano

The Flat Creek Montepulciano is a well-built, medium-bodied red, showcasing crunchy dark cherry fruit and brooding mulberry spices. It’s layered with notes of leather, tobacco, and robust tannins that build to a fuller and richer finish.

2020

Flat Creek Estate

Estate Syrah

This fragrant estate Syrah is a bold, muscular wine with broad-shouldered tannins and a nice balance of sweet spices, violets, and loamy earth. Medium-bodied, it unfolds with leather and tobacco nuances, complemented by tart, dusty, mineral-rich red fruit flavors. The finish is long and entertainingly spicy.

2021

Triple R Ranch

Axis

The 2021 Axis Reserve Tempranillo presents bold flavors of black olive, cherry pit, and tanned leather. Medium-bodied, it is framed by robust, assertive, and firm tannins along with crunchy acidity.

2023

Arrowhead Creek Vineyard

Estate Mourvèdre

(Barrel Sample) This polished, expressive, and medium-bodied Mourvèdre offers crunchy red berry fruit, sweet spices, and cedarwood, all framed by firm, inviting tannins that lay a solid foundation. Already in great condition, the wine shows great promise. I’m excited to taste and rate the finished wine in the coming year, as it holds a lot of potential.

2023

Arrowhead Creek Vineyard

Estate Mourvèdre Reserve, "Broke"

(Barrel Sample) This multi-vintage blend of Mourvèdre is already in fantastic condition, offering ripe red cherry and brambly red berry fruits that mingle beautifully with sweet baking spices, elegant cedarwood, and bright rose florals. The medium-bodied palate is supported by polished tannins, making for a very fresh, racy, and captivating wine. I can’t wait to taste the final product, and I believe consumers will be equally thrilled with the direction these wines are heading. Since Napa-based consultant Jean Hoefliger began making the wines in 2021, big changes have been happening at Arrowhead Creek each vintage. This is definitely a wine to watch.

2023

Flat Creek Estate

"Palomino"

This blend of 40% Pinot Blanc, 40% Pinot Grigio, and 20% Muscat Blanc, sourced entirely from the Texas Hill Country AVA, is hand-harvested and aged for 10 months in neutral French oak on the lees. The result is a wine with enticing aromatics of lemon-lime and apricot, accented by a hint of kumquat and a subtle parmesan rind character. Light-bodied on the palate, it is clean, fresh, and focused, with a fine thread of chalky minerality that adds depth and balance. A perfect “porch-pounder,” this wine is both vibrant and immensely drinkable.

Vintage

Wine

Type

Color

Rating

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2020

Producer

Name

The Flat Creek Montepulciano is a well-built, medium-bodied red, showcasing crunchy dark cherry fruit and brooding mulberry spices. It’s layered with notes of leather, tobacco, and robust tannins that build to a fuller and richer finish.

2020

Producer

Name

This fragrant estate Syrah is a bold, muscular wine with broad-shouldered tannins and a nice balance of sweet spices, violets, and loamy earth. Medium-bodied, it unfolds with leather and tobacco nuances, complemented by tart, dusty, mineral-rich red fruit flavors. The finish is long and entertainingly spicy.

2021

Producer

Name

The 2021 Axis Reserve Tempranillo presents bold flavors of black olive, cherry pit, and tanned leather. Medium-bodied, it is framed by robust, assertive, and firm tannins along with crunchy acidity.

2023

Producer

Name

(Barrel Sample) This polished, expressive, and medium-bodied Mourvèdre offers crunchy red berry fruit, sweet spices, and cedarwood, all framed by firm, inviting tannins that lay a solid foundation. Already in great condition, the wine shows great promise. I’m excited to taste and rate the finished wine in the coming year, as it holds a lot of potential.

2023

Producer

Name

(Barrel Sample) This multi-vintage blend of Mourvèdre is already in fantastic condition, offering ripe red cherry and brambly red berry fruits that mingle beautifully with sweet baking spices, elegant cedarwood, and bright rose florals. The medium-bodied palate is supported by polished tannins, making for a very fresh, racy, and captivating wine. I can’t wait to taste the final product, and I believe consumers will be equally thrilled with the direction these wines are heading. Since Napa-based consultant Jean Hoefliger began making the wines in 2021, big changes have been happening at Arrowhead Creek each vintage. This is definitely a wine to watch.

2023

Producer

Name

This blend of 40% Pinot Blanc, 40% Pinot Grigio, and 20% Muscat Blanc, sourced entirely from the Texas Hill Country AVA, is hand-harvested and aged for 10 months in neutral French oak on the lees. The result is a wine with enticing aromatics of lemon-lime and apricot, accented by a hint of kumquat and a subtle parmesan rind character. Light-bodied on the palate, it is clean, fresh, and focused, with a fine thread of chalky minerality that adds depth and balance. A perfect “porch-pounder,” this wine is both vibrant and immensely drinkable.

Vintage

Wine

Type

Rating

$

2020

2020 Flat Creek Estate Estate Montepulciano

Still

$$

2020

2020 Flat Creek Estate Estate Syrah

Still

$$

2021

2021 Triple R Ranch Axis

Still

N/A

2023

2023 Arrowhead Creek Vineyard Estate Mourvèdre

Still

N/A

2023

2023 Arrowhead Creek Vineyard Estate Mourvèdre Reserve, “Broke”

Still

N/A

2023

2023 Flat Creek Estate “Palomino”

Still

$

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