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Red
2009 Rudius Fion Bainise Halcon Vineyard
Red Rhone Blend
- USA
- California
- North Coast
- Yorkville Highlands
Label borrowed from 2011
Label borrowed from 2011
Label borrowed from 2012
Label borrowed from 2012
Community Tasting Notes 32
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SCM Fan Likes this wine: 93 points
September 22, 2022 - Popped and poured. Acquired via mailing list years ago. Previous bottle had a VA, thoughts were this could too. First pour into glass to check for a VA- no- it's has a beautiful dark fruit nose- very Grenache like. Loads of pepper too. Dark garnet in glass with just slight brown at rim. First sip: wonderful cherry/red fruits with again more spice and a LONG finish. Over a minute, lovely minerality and tannins complete finish. Excellent wine for how old this is. Probably not going to get better from here. Drink up.
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Sonoma-W Likes this wine: 92 points
February 1, 2020 - Outstanding! subtle, nice fruit
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Meerlust wrote: 91 points
December 28, 2016 - Garnet center with pink rim. Red-fruited nose of cherry and pomegranate mixed with a wisp of playdoh. The palate was pure cherry and pomegranate as well as some earthy aspects, pepper, floral hints, minerals, and dusty notes. Structurally, this wine has a tannic bite, but there is ample acidity in this medium-bodied wine to balance the package. Overall, this paired beautifully with kale and pomegranate salad because they had like profiles. With italian sausage lasagnae, the wine really highlighted the lavender and anise notes in the meat in the dish.
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stconner Likes this wine: 94 points
August 19, 2015 - Needs about 3-4 hours of decanting before it really opens up. Lots of pepper on the mid-palate. Nice long finish once it opened up.
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Nutty08 Likes this wine: 90 points
June 4, 2015 - Blue and black fruits, with a little pepper. Nice tension on the palate, with a strong fruit sweetness going into the finish where it shows some herbal spice. A nice drink, not a lot of complexity in the middle.
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By Stephen Tanzer
May/June 2012, IWC Issue #162 (link)(Rudius Wines Fion Bainise Proprietary Red Wine Halcon Vineyard Yorkville Highlands) Subscribe to see review text.
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2009
- Type Red
- Producer Rudius
- Varietal Red Rhone Blend
- Designation Fion Bainise
- Vineyard Halcon Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion North Coast
- Appellation Yorkville Highlands
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 3 (1%)
- In Cellars 84 (25%)
- Consumed 245 (74%)
Food Pairing
Community Recommendations
anything a good LIGHT Rhone CDP wine would go with, Chicken stir fry, porkWho Likes This Wine
100% Like It 13 votes
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- ProducerRudius
- VarietyRed Rhone Blend
- VineyardHalcon Vineyard
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionNorth Coast
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