Chateau St. Jean, Malbec Reserve, Sonoma County

Nearly opaque, black Garnet color, no sediment in the bottle????; Dark Fruit aromas with Leather and cola with some chocolate powder, light black pepper and old wood mixed into the mainly blackberry fruit; Medium body with mild, silky tannin shoring up the flavors, decent fruit with wood undertones and a little leather creeping in; decent balance with medium finish and a warm wood and leather drying up at the end; still quite alive but don't wait much longer.

Very nice good structure and complexity. Enjoy!

Very nice complex and structured Malbec! Drinking well especially with a bit of air. Enjoy!!

A soft, fruit forward Malbec. Good complexity and structure with tannins that open up pretty well. Malbec fans you will really like this wine. Enjoy!!

A nice fruit forward Malbec, that is backed up with some nice structure and complexity. Enjoy!

Drinking nicely right now

Bold, but good balance.

Nice Malbec. Fruit and leather with a nice finish.

Floral, bit of spice. Palate is full bodied, smooth, drinking very well now.

A great Malbec that is very smooth and just lovely!

American oak and choco cherry nose. some bitterness on the moderate tannin mouth. the flavors are confectionery and somewhat hollow with raspy tannin in the back that makes me think this was fined/filtered heavily? not horrible but pretty ripe/oaky and not terribly complex or delicious.

Aromas of raspberry, smoke and leather lead to balanced palate, chock full of fruit. Solid 30 second finish.