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7 hour decant. Perfumed blue fruit, black cherry, cassis, mild integrated tannins. Delightful.
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Shannon took to tasting. (318 views)

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At HoPR. Beautiful refined nose of cherr and cassis, palate deep and rich with absolutely zero heaviness. An excellent wine of pleasure with silky tannins that melted in the company of prime rib. A very fine Napa showing. (471 views)

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Two hour double decant. Nearly opaque ruby magenta color. Lots of raspberry and cassis on the somewhat diminutive nose. Smooth, dry palate. Softer tannins on the longish finish.

Never had a Greer with some age on it. In some ways it came across as youthful and holding back. Very nice drinker nonetheless. jsmorris707 brought this as a bonus bottle and I cannot thank him enough. Such a fun dinner with Mark1NPT, JS, Carol, and Diane. (912 views)

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Brought by Joel to Fleming's tonight with a 2 hour double decant. Dark opaque purple in the glass.

Nose of dark fruit, a bit of black dirt early on and 5 spice. Later, maybe a little iron or oxblood, but it was pretty minimal all night long on the nose as compared to the very deep and effusive '09 Colgin nose.

Palate had some tannic energy with black berry fruit and more 5 spice. Really feels like it needs even more time to fill out? Feels like there should be more there, there.

My only other experience with Greer is a '14 a couple of years ago and it's very eerie how similar both bottles have performed. Really curious to know if these just need another 5 years or more to really strut their stuff. (1018 views)

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Pop and pour which is so sad for this wine but it showed well but definitely got better in the glass. Very good wine (1366 views)

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Opened Friday and finished Sunday. Still has that classic Rutherford dust and Greer signature terroir. One more bottle that I’ll wait another 5+ on. Still plenty of fruit and life left to this. (1666 views)

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This ‘16 Greer is my first and I absolutely loved it. Super high quality wine with numerous layers of notes from dark cherry, licorice, flowers, cardamom, fennel, cast iron pan with that sandy/dusty texture. So so good. Good acidity, grainy tannins on long finish. (1745 views)

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drinking wonderfully. Open now (661 views)

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Decanted and needed. Still shows some vanilla and coconut but has a terrific core of black currants mixed with a little cassis. Palate is polish and quite suave— but shows the tannic structure on the finish. Solid. Could still use a few years but drinking well now. (2501 views)

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Drinking beautifully with many years ahead of it. (2224 views)

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Not blind.

I took this to the restaurant. Pnp.

Elegant and polished straight from the bottle. I think blind I may have even mistaken it for a beautiful Bordeaux.

Ruby red and a Moderate nose. Color a little lighter than expected. It may well progress over the next hour. Some fruit on the initial attack. Cherry with strawberry and cassis.

Hl 2. Fd 3. Fi 4/5 with some light alc
Tannins are refined 7- (polished as noted above).

A few hours in the bottle did not improve it too much at all. It was great out straight out of the bottle. I won’t decant in future. I think I actually preferred it initially to a few hours later (although such a comment is reflecting a minuscule change in my opinion) (1210 views)

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Decanted 3hrs. Needed more as it kept getting better with air. Dark ripe fruits—mostly currant driven. Rather prominent herbal cab note on the palate and finish that adds a nice layer of complexity. Quite persistent on the finish. Kept getting better and better—but the coarseness of the tannins is what keeps this from the next level. (1177 views)

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This is a big Napa cab. We know that 2013 was a great year and this small Vineyard, which is geographically next to Scarecrow and Staglin (just down Manly Lane), is very special. It’s essentially a vineyard and a barn. When we ordered our bottles in a visit with some very special friends, we had the most wonderful tasting on the second floor of the barn, overlooking the vineyards, and the proprietor joined us. It was just great. The only issue is that it’s a very small production gig, and I don’t even know if I can get any more of the 2013. In any case, we popped this at 1862 in real time. Kevin, the amazing manager, and Lauren, the amazing sommelier, decanted the bottle, and we let it rest with its thoughts only for about 40 minutes. I think that was probably not enough to be optimal. If we have it another hour or two before we started to drink it, I bet it would’ve added a point or two. To my taste, the 2013 Greer tastes like the 2013 Dominus with just a little more oomph. Slightly heavier mouth feel, a little heavier on the alcohol, with more tanic elements. That said it was totally well-appreciated by the table (even one good friend who says she “isn’t a red wine girl” almost chugged the glass). Really wonderful and a great find. Thanks Kevin, Adam, and Ryan! (1131 views)

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2018 and 2019 side by side. Okay and tannic, but less so than the stern and bitter 2018, this 2019 has broader shoulders but has little fruit expansion to offer. Check back in ten years in hopes the fruit finds its way out of the cage it’s currently in. (3072 views)

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