Wine Type | Vintage Name Variety Locale | Date Posted Score Helpful Comments Comment Date Community Score More... |
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2008 Col SolareColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
4/20/2014 - Motz wrote: 91 pointsThe four vintages of Col Solare I've tasted have displayed noticeable nuance, no two are the same. The 2005, 2007, and 2009 vintages, however, can generally be categorized as bold; the 2008 is subdued, even elegant, by comparison. The nose is mostly mute, the attack soft. The wine comes to life at the mid palate, showing refined grainy tannins, and very nice acidity. This is accompanied by charming dark berry fruit that emerges from behind the oak. In a word, racy. |
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2010 Domaine Saint-Damien Gigondas Les SouteyradesRed Rhone Blend more |
5/5/2014 - Motz wrote: 94 pointsOpen for business from the outset, and oh so very loud! An intensely savory bouquet of smoked meats, Mediterranean herbs, garrigue, violets, schist, crushed granite, graphite, metallic ores, and salinity emanate from the open bottle and spill over from the glass. Ultra rich palate, excellent acidity and tannic grip. The wine features a tremendously earthy core covered in drenching ripe fruit, floral aromatics, and savory elements. Very meaty and gripping finish of tremendous length. Racy and delicious!
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2010 Proper Wines SyrahWalla Walla Valley more |
12/5/2013 - VinLancaster Likes this wine: NRSexy spiced blood and game with a punch of fruit, polarizing soft funk, herbs and savory brick. Intricate, for this Syrah appeared different with every sip over several hours. The substantial and sophisticated finish lingered on for what felt like like an eternity. An exceptionally well made and intriguing wine. I look forward to trying another in a couple years.
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2009 For a Song SyrahColumbia Valley more |
12/9/2012 - VinLancaster wrote: 89 pointsComparable notes to last bottle with the addition of a few descriptors not noted previously: bing cherry, balsalmic glaze, brier, loam and plenty of mid-palate minerality. A big wine, hint of heat which mellows over a couple hours. Smooth and silky on the final sip.
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2009 Dunham Cellars TrutinaColumbia Valley Red Bordeaux Blend more |
12/4/2012 - ob2s wrote: 92 pointsSo I am a bad CT tasting note writer, in style and quantity. If a wine is 70-88 I don't bother. Kind of like internet reviews, 'it sucks !', 'its awesome (sic)', passionately enthused or passionately miffed. I digress, ahem. This wine may not be ready for drinking, but I can certainly say it is one of the few wines I have had SECONDS out of the bottle and been wicked good. The wine is balanced so harmoniously, it is almost uncanny. The depth is certainly there, but not deep enough to be a 96-98 wine, I mean you have to spend at least $100 to score that high right ? The QPR on this wine is huge. Yes like the others said, plum, vanilla, caramel, 65% Dark chocolate. Not 64 or 66, not 75, 65, exactly. I only have 3 left, and am sad for it. If you take this wine to any wine event it would be at the top or near top every time. Thank you Dunham and Full Pull, together you almost make forget all the Garagiste sh*t I have to stomach.
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2012 Goat Rocks Winery Cabernet Franc Fewel Family Estates VineyardYakima Valley more |
11/15/2012 - VinLancaster wrote: NRYakima Valley Maiden Voyage Tasting Tour!; 11/14/2012-11/18/2012 (Yakima Valley AVA, Naches Heights, Snipes, Horse Heaven Hills, Red Mountain, Rattlesnake AVAs): No score, as this was taken from a pre-ML mason jar sample, one week from pressing; generously offered by Chris (YakYak) & Barb.
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2009 Cowhorn Grenache 80Applegate Valley more |
6/25/2011 - VinLancaster wrote: 90 pointsAged 9 months 33% new French oak, 67% neutral French oak. Linda Donovan is the winemaker and knows her stuff. Great refinement in this grenache. I love the old world/new world dichotomy of their wines, they've captured this nuance well without too much heavy metal (none, in fact) and less cedar notes. It's a grenache to savor to the last drop.
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2005 Frenchman Hills Syrah Sentinel Gap VineyardsColumbia Valley more |
11/30/2012 - ob2s wrote: 80 pointsMaybe worth $8, but there is an off note. offputting. No, I am not a brat reared on Oaky WA Syrah, Mr Pontificator aka abunawwas. I drink a bit of N Rhone syrah. In fact all of the 2005 Frenchman Hills Garagiste offerings have this off note. The Syrah has it the least. This wine is worth about $8, but sure is hell is not worth the drive I made to collect it. In fact since I bought too many, I have been mixing it with another Syrah, which does a good job in diluting the off note making it more drinkable.
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2005 Frenchman Hills Syrah Sentinel Gap VineyardsColumbia Valley more |
11/15/2012 - fitchbuck wrote: 85 pointsThis started out awful - putting off a chemical scent/taste I couldn't quite place, married with a strong cherry overtone. Now, over the few hours I've been sipping away, it's become more pleasant ... although something about this juice is still ... off.
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Comment posted by VinLancaster:
5/5/2014 10:44:00 AM - Nice descriptor. Sounds like it won't hurt to continue to lay my bottles down.