Behrens & Hitchcock The ChangeUp

Holding up really well and drinking superbly.

Hint of vanilla, strawberry... 93+ Bravo!

Fantastic QPR. Drinking really well right now. Singing right after PnP but even better on 2nd day. Much better than the 2011s I had in the past few weeks.

I love this wine. Has a vanilla lead, turns into pure grape. No big fake showy-ness, but a lot of show.

Would love to have another bottle of this one. Wonderful!

- Crimsom color with medium forming legs. It's balanced and has flavours of blackberry, chocolate and black pepper with a full body. Fleshy texture with a long finish.

Decanted for several hours then consumed over two nights. It continues to surprise me that a quite small percentage of some varietal can have such a large effect on the final wine. I once participated in a blending exercise and the difference between a four percent blend of Grenache with Syrah versus a six percent blend was remarkably noticeable. But here again, I was surprised by the resulting Bordeaux / Syrah blend. There is certainly the telltale cab essence but …

Didn't want to let this one go, but feel that it was opened at the right time. This wine is a combo of 50 Cab, 20 Merlot, 20 Verdot, and 10 Syrah. Wine was popped and poured and was ready to go! Initially there was a little bit of a metallic front on this wine, but 15 minutes was all it needed to burn off. After, a nice floral bouquet mixed with raspberry jam kind of took over once the …

Excellent balance, will certainly improve with age. Nice complexity. Worth the money

Very well balanced. Smooth taste to it.

Easy to love this wine. Fruit less intense than prior B&H but with more complexity and richness.