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2013 Boich Family Cellar Cabernet Sauvignon Wall Road
5/4/2024 - hrazdiiv Likes this wine: 92 Points
I bought this wine at a tasting with the owner many years ago when they first started this winery. This is a big, bold wine but isn’t really made for longer term aging and lacks some complexity. The color is a medium purple-red with definite bricking staring to appear at the rim. We drank decanted. Initial nose was promising - good fruit backbone with some lingering notes of smoke and a faint hint of green pepper. But as the evening wore on (2 hours+), the wine did not evolve and no other secondary elements were present. Very strong fruit here - black, red, blue but little tannin to back it up. Still a nice bottle, unmistakably California but don’t think it has a long aging trajectory ahead of it. For similar price points, I’d rather recommend Melka, Corison or Tor Kenward.
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2017 Georg Mosbacher Forster Ungeheuer Riesling Großes Gewächs
4/27/2024 - hrazdiiv Likes this wine: 92 Points
I drank this over several nights and glad I did because the wine evolved quite a bit over that time, suggesting to me it still has a long drinking window ahead of it. Color is medium straw yellow right now. The nose is pretty much the “fruit salad” of every other review, with very present notes of lime, lemon peel and pineapple but it’s clear to me that this wine is currently making the transition to show some more tertiary characteristics of beeswax and ginger. Petrol notes were also present for me (I love the petrol). Full and luscious palate with still-present acidity makes for a pleasant finish, though it’s surprisingly tight. I really like the wine but being very familiar with the region, I think lacks some of the depth of fruit that other producers show. Admittedly my first bottle from this house so I’m still rating it well, and deservedly so. But it’s just a half step behind some of the other Pfalz greats (though it’s reflected in the price!).
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2021 Ridge Chardonnay Monte Bello
4/18/2024 - hrazdiiv Likes this wine: 92 Points
An excellent bottle, and one that will age well. Displays a medium-light straw yellow color at the moment. The nose is very Burgundian: burnt caramel, lemon cake and bitter orange. Quite restrained on the oak and the fruit. The palate exhibits great depth with a richness complimented by a wonderful tension, minerality and “dryness” resulting in a really terrific structure. Yet is still retains a bit of a California terroir with a strong backbone and approachable style at a relatively young age. Will be great in 5 to 10 years as everything further integrates. Not sure how they make it so special - apparently only 15% new oak, so perhaps that’s it. Anyway, very enjoyable, loved it, highly confident it will score 94+ at peak.
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