I have had the '10 Myriad Crane. From what I can remember… it was a strong ‘buy’. I already bought the '10 Quivet Kenefick that I had with it.
Great stuff, it all.
No formal notes but the day I visited Envy (Carter/Quivet/Myriad/12c/Scarlett) we had already visited 29, Realm, Morlet, Jacquelynn, and Merus, the Myriad wines stood above the rest. I was there for 3 days and when I got home I keep thinking of Mikes wines. The only other winery that stood out for 2010 was Robert Foley.
I am ALL IN for this year’s allocation. Hopefully he will have some Mags and double Mags, I remember thinking if they are this good now imagine where they will be in 4-5 years. I think the magnums will have a chance to hide from me in the cellar.
I would say there isn’t a style difference just better fruit in the GIII and Dr. Crane. He has always said its 100% the fruit and 100% the winemaker?!? I think Mike just brings the best out of the grapes.
The Mike Smith wines are one of the most exciting wines available in the market today. I like how he keeps costs in mind for us, the consumer at the same time offer a spectrum of different pricepoints.
Mike and Leah visited with my group earlier this month. notes are here: