Right bank Jade loved it — 3 years ago
Hat stoffigen, gereiften Charakter — 3 years ago
Blend of 85% Cab Sauv and 15% Merlot, with an impressive label designed by Mick Jagger’s daughter, Jade. Deep Ruby with aromas of dark berry fruit, spice and herb notes. On the palate flavors of blackberry, plum and tart black cherry with currant and black pepper. Fine tannins, well balanced ending with smoky spice. Tasting well now, crack it out of cellar. — 5 years ago
Great with Thanksgiving dinner. — 6 years ago
Sauvignon Blanc of the finest variety, lightly bound wood but soft in the background, lasting finish, beautiful accompaniment to food. vintage 2015 — 6 years ago
Gross out
$4.99
Incredible at this price point — 8 years ago
Had it at Bravo - $68 restaurant price, really nice and light with a bit of green apple (but not a gross green apple) — 7 months ago
Pale lemon color.
Aromas of green fruit.
Dry. Flavors of lime, guava, subtle salty minerality.
Intensity: 4/5
Complexity: 2/5
Balance: 5/5
Finish: 5/5 — 2 years ago
Jardin de jade — 3 years ago
This wine is very good but what a gross hellscape of label, God — 5 years ago
A producer bottling I’ve not had. This came to be in my procession via a wine exchange with @Severn Goodwin.
This 03 Jade is In fine shape due to its quality production and Severn’s excellent storage of it.
Nose reveals ripe, slightly stewed & baked; dark cherries, blackberries, mixture fresh of our fruits as well as blue fruits with hints of faint poached strawberries. Sweet tarriness, black licorice, black pepper, dark steeped fruit tea, expresso roast, bay leaf, dry crushed rocks, barrel shavings, dark, rich earthiness with dry leaves, mid dark spice, limestone minerals, dry top soil, underbrush with fresh & withering; dark, red, purple, blue florals framed in heavy lavender and soft violets.
The palate is, ripe, rich, elegant, round and lush. After roughly 15 years in bottle, she shows, rounded, dusty, chewy/meaty, dry tannins. The structure, tension, balance & length are just the other side of its peak. The fruits like the nose are slightly stewed & baked; dark cherries, blackberries, mixture fresh of our fruits as well as blue fruits with hints of faint poached strawberries. Sweet tarriness, anise to black licorice, cinnamon, vanilla, black pepper, smoked meats, dark steeped fruit tea, expresso roast, bay leaf, dry crushed rocks, old tobacco, barrel shavings, dark, rich earthiness with dry leaves, mid dark spice, limestone minerals, dry top soil, very dry underbrush, some tree bark/sap with brilliant, fresh & withering; dark, red, purple, blue florals framed in heavy lavender and soft violets. The acidity is really nice...like a cool mountain stream. The long finish is delicious and persist endlessly into dry, dark spice on the long set.
Still has another 3-5 years of good drinking ahead of it depending on your storage and the age you like your wine to show.
Photos of; Previous Owner-Jim Paras (left) with Winemaker Douglas Danielak, Paras Vineyard Syrah clusters ready for harvest and their Paras Vineyard.
Producer notes, San Francisco Lawyer Jim Paras started the winery in 1984. At the time, he produced about 8,000 cases a year of Syrah, Merlot, Mourvhdre and Viognier. In 1994, Chalone began distributing his wines and eventually bought the winery in 2000. — 6 years ago
2019. Delicate, elegant style. This is all about finesse. — 8 months ago
At first pour - this wine was bricked and burnt orange. Tasted gross frankly. Hit it with the winepro2 oxygen and it magically began to open up and reveal something. Paired it with some Parmesan cheese and then it started humming. Enjoyed with a lemon garlic Parmesan pasta. Alls well that ends well. — 2 years ago
11/12/21
Jade tasting.
Dried cherries. Dry. — 5 years ago

@Delectable Wine there is a typo, this should read Grosses Gewachs. Whatever, it's ridiculously good, from pop and pour to air. — 6 years ago
Pale lemon; medium intensity aromas of yellow apple, peach, baked apple, spiced apple rings, vanilla, cider, cashew, allspice, cinnamon; dry, medium plus acid, medium alcohol, medium plus body, medium intensity flavors of baked apple, spiced apple rings, cider, allspice, cinnamon, vanilla; long finish, complex flavors, well balanced and integrated, very good — 7 years ago
Meredith Moody
My dad bought and left this in my apartment. Braved opening it for a steak night, as I am weary to open reds when it is just me drinking because I don’t want to waste any. Safe to say this did not get wasted. I was unfamiliar with Bandols, and this made me a fan. It was everything I love in a red. It was a darker, more structured and intense wine. Dark fruit, but not fruit forward as it had some herbal and earthy notes. Is it gross to say it was almost meaty? Tannins were present but not overbearing. I was raised on big wines and this checked that box. This was perfect with steaks and just great with food overall. Thanks France. — 2 months ago