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• rocknroller wrote: 93 points

  March 31, 2024 - Very dark red color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 4 hours. This is in great shape still, and always fun to have as my dad loves this. Leather, funk, earthy, graphite, gravel minerality, purple fruit, smoke, woodsy spices, full bodied with a satin texture. Excellent.

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• 3daywinereview.com Likes this wine: 94 points

  January 27, 2024 - Day 1: Solid bottling but suspect this is not showing as well as it has been a wine shop shelf vertical for too long. Cork came out clean so that was good. Leather, red currants, mild spice, tobacco, gravel and blueberries. On the pop and pour I think this will improve over a few days. 90 points.
  Day 1.5: Better with bell pepper, tobacco, red currants, blueberries, spices and menthol. 92 points
  Day 2: Amazing on day 2. Beautiful wine with menthol, red currants, gravel, tobacco, spice, blueberries, earth and minerals. Super concentrated wine and long finish. Outstanding. 94 points.
  Recommendation: Another wine on day 2.

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• rocknroller wrote: 93 points

  May 30, 2023 - Very dark red/purple color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 3 hours, and again next evening. This was showing very well - maybe at peak now - certainly not fading. Gorgeous Bordeaux nose, earth, pencil, leather, a touch of funk, cassis, high toned wood spice, hints of purple flowers and fruits. The palate is full bodied, lots of pencil and minerality along with the earth, wood, leather, and the dark fruit of cassis and plum. The tannins have a gravelly, somewhat grainy character. Really good stuff - incredibly overlooked too.

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• pdadams66 Likes this wine: 91 points

  October 17, 2021 - From a magnum.
  Deep dark red center, red rim with modest signs of age.
  Excellent Bordeaux-style nose - cassis, pyrazines, coffee, ripe blackcurrants and plums, black olives.
  Smooth and a touch of sweetness, blackcurrants and black raspberries, nicely integrated oak, polished leather, okay acidity, modest tannins, nice long finish of mature fruit and coffee.
  Excellent Bordeaux blend, drinking as such, good now from magnum, probably another ~5 years left.

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• rocknroller wrote: 93 points

  October 15, 2021 - Very dark red/purple color. PNP, drank a couple glasses over 3 hours. 51CS, 26M, 18CF, 3PV, 2Mal. This is more earthy and perfumed from the start, great woodsy character, pencil, cassis, purple flowers. Nice Bordeaux blend nose. The palate is a bit more coarse, cassis, earthy, wood, gravel and mineral, medium grained tannins. 92+ to 93pts.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Alexander Valley Vineyards
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Cyrus
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Alexander Valley
• UPC Codes 085798110629, 085798110636

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• In Cellars 303 (40%)
• Consumed 451 (60%)

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