Community Tasting Notes 19

• Neecies Does not like this wine:

  May 5, 2023 - Not a fan of ripe high alcohol fruit bombs, so I avoided the FM wines made by Chris Gorman but nonetheless ended up with this one. 15.3% alcohol lands vodka flavors amidst the jammy fruit. Yuck. (Other FMs I own were made by another winemaker whose style makes more sense to me.)

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• Smatk wrote:

  December 24, 2021 - PnP. Eucalyptus, creme de menthe, some dark cherry, and sweet cassis on the nose and palate. Sweetness came around after three hours. Not quite the same complexity as in the past, but a delight nonetheless.

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• mojotojo Likes this wine: 94 points

  May 1, 2020 - A fantastic WA state Cabernet from Force Majeure. This wine has benefited from some bottle age as the tannins have softened and the flavors have developed. It has a wonderful Cabernet nose of cassis and black fruits, plus pencil shavings, tobacco and baseball glove leather, and a hint of chocolate. The flavors are similar but with some minerality and mountain brambliness tossed in for good measure. Nice acidity, great body and those totally sweet tannins make for a beautiful wine. The finish goes on...and on...and on... This was was a delight and it’s drinking well now, but I’m guessing it hasn’t reached a peak yet. It will go for another 20 years.

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• darrenv Likes this wine: 93 points

  July 21, 2019 - This has a great nose right out of the bottle, but I gave it a three hour decant (had along side a 2013 Tignanello) and this was fabulous, but somewhat unidimensional compared to the Tig. Overall, I enjoyed drinking this more, but it lacked secondary and tertiary notes. Big dose of black currant, which I anticipated, finish of cherry and some fine bitey tannins.

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• cpsmith33 Likes this wine: 92 points

  March 28, 2019 - This is very well made but needs another 3-5 years. Well made Red Mountain Cab that doesn’t have the heat some of them do.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2011
• Type Red
• Producer Force Majeure
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation Collaboration Series
• Vineyard Force Majeure Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region Washington
• SubRegion Columbia Valley
• Appellation Red Mountain

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• Pending Delivery 9 (2%)
• In Cellars 146 (37%)
• Consumed 244 (61%)

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