#ISOSCELES WINE 2016 FULL#

Blend of 83% cabernet sauvignon, 9% merlot, 8% cabernet franc. Dry as the youngest wine, the boldest and least integrated of the vertical tasting. 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. Varietals are planted to specific soil types on their hillside vineyards 8 miles from the Pacific Ocean, on the Central Coast.This is different wine review than I have attempted before. Justin Winery concentrates on two Bordeaux styled red wines: Isoscleles, which is a 100% estate blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc and Justification, a blend of Cabernet Franc and Merlot. Then, in 1987, they harvested their first grapes bottled under the Justin label. Initially they were wine growers, selling to other wineries. Justin and Deborah Baldwin acquired their land in 1981 and planted 72 acres in vineyards that same year.

#ISOSCELES WINE 2016 FULL#

The mid-palate features sustained fruit with sweet tobacco, leather, vanilla and licorice, and mouth coating tannins that balance its full fruit character through a very long, fresh and beautifully balanced finish that evolves with a complex mix of fruit, spice and savory elements. Full bodied, with ripe black fruit of cherry, currant and berry with baking spice on entry.

Complex and very aromatic with black cherry, cassis, toasty vanilla, cinnamon, cedar, graphite, oak, dusty leaf notes, star anise and red licorice. Dark, ruby/purple core with a medium intensity rim and moderately stained tears.

Isosceles wine 2016