Community Tasting Notes 8

• Tym4wine wrote: 87 points

  January 16, 2020 - Juice seemed flat and not at all how I recalled it to be. Could be the bottle, or perhaps simply the wine itself. Feedback from the table seemed to concur. Tannins are still present, simply lacked flavor and for a Malbec without any fruit flavor, simply disappointing.

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• oenophilemoose wrote: 92 points

  December 18, 2019 - Decanted and swirled, however, this wine needs an hour to fully open. Wonderful Malbec which is hard to find. Great fruit and good tannic structure.

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• danscellar wrote: 91 points

  September 10, 2019 - A nice well balanced Malbec, drinking very nicely right now, Enjoy!

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• ponilitiza Likes this wine: 92 points

  June 25, 2019 - Popped, poured 2 glasses to breathe. Amazing vigorous bouquet -- you can smell cherry and floral notes 3 feet from the glass. Primary morello cherry flavor on the palate at first, that mellowed with air, with a touch of spice after 45 minutes or so. Enjoyable wine, yet it's obviously not integrated yet. Too bad that was my only bottle; I would love to see where this ends up in 5-10 years. Drink now if you like fruit-forward, hold otherwise.

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• Tannic Monster Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 25, 2018 - Surprisingly good. Dark and brooding with zippy tannins and a prominent dark cherry element. This is a full bodied and tannic monster yet not over extracted or off putting in any way. Seems to have years of life expectancy.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2012
• Type Red
• Producer Chateau St. Jean
• Varietal Malbec
• Designation Reserve
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Sonoma County
• Appellation Sonoma County

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• In Cellars 106 (44%)
• Consumed 134 (56%)

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