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| Community Tasting Notes (average 92.1 pts. and median of 92 pts. in 17 notes) - hiding notes with no text | | | Tasted by CWilliam on 4/22/2024: Drank over 2 nights. Great on both. Black/red color. On nose, saline, blackberry, iron, mesquite. On palate, blackberry, blueberry and black olive notes. Medium+ acidity, medium tannins, medium+ body and very long finish. 93+
Would buy again. (340 views) | | | Tasted by Moorsie on 4/18/2024: I won't give this a score as it could have just been a bit too early to drink, or slightly corked, but was not happy with this at all. Undrinkable the first night, same on 2nd, let it sit another 2 days and was able to consume. Seemed extremely tart and bitter at first, mellowed a bit on the 4th night. Will let this one sit for a year or two before trying again. (346 views) | | | Tasted by clillibr on 3/30/2024 & rated 94 points: Soft and refined. Great blend (534 views) | | | Tasted by dino_mike on 11/29/2023 & rated 89 points: Nice intensity and bright beam of red fruits dominate. Finish seemed muted. This 2020 version is not as approachable yet. Optimus is usually quite fun to drink both young and or aged but this stands out as another great Optimus,...just wait 2-3 years before you start pulling them out (at least that is what I'll do, until they open up). It has all the right parts hiding in there. (1568 views) | | | Tasted by Central Coast Sharon on 7/29/2023: OK, you caught me. We simply enjoyed this wine with our meal and didn’t take any notes. My notes from the 2016 are here: “Inky in color. Dusty jam and leather on the nose – like a really big red wine. Dark berry jam of ripe fruit, rich and sweet (in a good way). Cedar, mint and tarragon notes on the finish.” (1032 views) | | | Tasted by Mactus on 7/19/2023 & rated 93 points: Mhanky hit the tasting notes spot on. Does need about an hour right now to really integrate. Will definitely give this some more time before opening again. (2125 views) | | | Tasted by Amishdesai93 on 7/4/2023 & rated 92 points: Fruity, acidic, balanced body - pop and pour ready (1932 views) | | | Tasted by kanographic on 12/21/2022 & rated 95 points: Had great old world taste. Hints of earthiness, cherry, and other red fruit. (2623 views) | | | Tasted by redrules on 12/12/2022 & rated 93 points: Very much agree with earlier MHANKY review. Great qpr. It stands up very nicely to pasta with Rao's Marinara and crushed red pepper. Syrah driven, with nice cedar tannins, dark boysenberry and a long slightly acidic finish. Not overextracted, like the 2020's I have tasted lately. Felt bad popping this 2020, but it gave me clues into the Estate Cuvee. Will wait until end of 23 or 24. (2202 views) | | | Tasted by MHanky on 11/8/2022 & rated 92 points: Is it too young? Probably. 2 hour decant. Had with carnitas (bad pairing, was way too hot on the palate).
Clay, cedar, floral and red fruit on the nose.
Palate is juicy blackberry, blueberry, turning to sour dark cherries on the back end . Medium+ body Medium+ tannins, medium acidity.
Have one more, will cellar for a few years and revisit. (2205 views) |
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JancisRobinson.com (9/7/2023)
(L'Aventure, Optimus Paso Robles Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Eric Guido
Vinous, Paso Robles: Boundless Diversity (May 2023) (5/1/2023)
(L'Aventure Winery Optimus Northern California Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Paso Robles: 2019s and 2020s (9/26/2022)
(L'Aventure Optimus) Login and sign up and see review text. | By James Suckling
JamesSuckling.com (9/23/2022)
(L’Aventure Paso Robles Willow Creek District Optimus, United States) Subscribe to see review text. | By Tom Parker MW
JancisRobinson.com (9/8/2022)
(L'Aventure, Optimus Paso Robles Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Georgina Hindle
Decanter, September releases on the Place de Bordeaux 2022 (8/24/2022)
(L'Aventure, Optimus, Syrah / Shiraz, Paso Robles, Willow Creek, California, USA, Red) Subscribe to see review text. | By Jeb Dunnuck
JebDunnuck.com, Central Coast Part 2: The 2019s From Paso Robles (9/30/2021)
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| L'Aventure Producer websiteRed Blend.USAAmerican wine has been produced since the 1500s, with the first widespread production beginning in New Mexico in 1628. Today, wine production is undertaken in all fifty states, with California producing 84% of all U.S. wine. The continent of North America is home to several native species of grape, including Vitis labrusca, Vitis riparia, Vitis rotundifolia, and Vitis vulpina, but the wine-making industry is based almost entirely on the cultivation of the European Vitis vinifera, which was introduced by European settlers. With more than 1,100,000 acres (4,500 km2) under vine, the United States is the fourth-largest wine producing country in the world, after Italy, Spain, and France.California2021 vintage: "Unlike almost all other areas of the state, the Russian River Valley had higher than normal crops in 2021, which has made for a wine of greater generosity and fruit forwardness than some of its stablemates." - Morgan Twain-Peterson Central Coasthttp://www.ccwinegrowers.org/links.html
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