California Claassen "Balboa Park Cherry Blossoms" Grenache-Syrah/CLOS RJ Spagnols En Primeur

Tasting amazing! Nicely balanced, fruit-forward with light spice and medium-heavy tannins. Should be perfect with Turkey Leg Confit!

Excellent! Roasted fruit aromas and flavors, rich and mouthfilling with a long finish. Should be perfect with roast duck!

Tasting great! Tasted next to same wine with L2056; very difficult at this point to tell them apart. CLOS had a bit more body, L2056 a little more "zingy" or "edgy".

Tasting good, more structure than the L2056 version. Kit aroma and taste though faint, more faint than L2056. Probably not good enough for competitions, better to keep to drink.

Hint of fruit aromas, but very faint. A little bit cloudy. Good fruit, quite spicy with a little kick on the finish. Not as balanced as L2056, will enter the other one in the fair.

Partial bottle from day of bottling. May be a little shocked, definitely very very young. Aroma a little artificial, lots of cherry. Very clear, lovely dark ruby in color. Flavors a little whacked, but very fruity with a little spice. Needs to settle in, but not bad!