Essentially the same tasting notes as 11/23/2013 that I entered. It has smoothed out just half a click, but still a wild wine that will be a party in your mouth. May be a bit too extracted and high alcohol % for those who like their wine timid and tame. It is aging well, holding up well. Lots of complexity in this blockbuster wine.
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Gary V. would be giving this the oak-monster treatment. Holy vanilla French oak! Espresso (wei monsieur!) and the vanilla dominate this palate coating, delicious, all consuming wine. Tough to tell the true varietal here, but the result is truly impressive in a hugely new world style.
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Essentially the same tasting notes as 11/23/2013 that I entered. It has smoothed out just half a click, but still a wild wine that will be a party in your mouth. May be a bit too extracted and high alcohol % for those who like their wine timid and tame. It is aging well, holding up well. Lots of complexity in this blockbuster wine.
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After 1.5 hrs decant: extremely dark in color (like ink). Smoky oak (but not dominant), blueberry, black currant, black liquorish, tobacco, game meat, earthy mushroom. This is a really big wine. Medium body with medium finish. Drinking great right now! Will keep together for another 3-4 years or so.
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Deep, dark, blackish purple on nose a bit inky, still quite closed. Quite a block-buster of a wine. Not overly sweet. My taste has moved away from this type and style of wine.
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I'd never had a 100% Petit Verdot before, and since I keep seeing it listed in dollop-strength in various Bordeaux, I wanted to try some. Very glad I did --
Yes, "inkblot" is a perfect description. You could get lost for days in the color.
I didn't find it aromatic on the pour, but the taste was immediately something new, something cousin to cabernet sauvignon but not as immediately showy. Medium-plus bodied, it evolved in the glass for a few hours until the most striking feature was this sweet finish that I couldn't quite identify. I kept thinking "harvest, Thanksgiving," but looking at the notes below, I sort of like "marzipan" as a description.
Very glad I tried this and my local supermarket (!) has it for $25, so it's a no-brainer. That 91 is almost in a vacuum, in that I have no other PV to compare it with yet, but as far as what was going on in the glass, it was an excellent 91-ish experience.
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This wine is not for everyone, but it is one of the best we have had in 2013. This is a very robust and fruity wine, dark appearance. The smoky red cherry licorice nose carries over to the same very full-bodied and fruit-forward taste. The wood aging is well-integrated and adds structure. Better than medium finish. This is quite ready to drink now, would soften and perhaps gain some complexity with a year or two aging. Highly recommend...if you can find it.
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Color: impressive literally like ink, Nose: dark fruit, some vanilla, Palate: Black fruit-Black Berry -Currant, licorice, vanilla, minerals, balance tannins and nice med-finished
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Concentrated, inky purple. one of the deepest purple wines I have seen. Opaque and glass tinting following the swirl. Medium plus viscosity that translates to a purple ridge that leaves you with purple rain (haha). The nose shows concentrated and dense aromas. Blackberry, blueberry and dark cherry mixed with aromas of smoke, amaretti cookies, black licorice, violets, cola, and a pleasant minerality. The palate is structured with balanced and bright acidity and ripe tannins. Flavors of spiced rum soaked blueberries, ripe blackberries, cherry cola, marzipan, violets and touches of anise and vanilla. The Petit Verdot is good but the Cabernet Franc remains the best in the line of Inkblots.
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Dark carmine red color good sweet fruit on the nose, not "jump-in-your-face" but fully present. Good mouth-feel, well balanced with tannins present but not overbearing. Better than the 06 Avigliano drunk the night before...
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6/25/2016 - Z1nnfull Likes this wine: 92 Points
Essentially the same tasting notes as 11/23/2013 that I entered. It has smoothed out just half a click, but still a wild wine that will be a party in your mouth. May be a bit too extracted and high alcohol % for those who like their wine timid and tame. It is aging well, holding up well. Lots of complexity in this blockbuster wine.
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9/19/2015 - bkskimachine wrote:
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7/12/2015 - Mech-E Likes this wine: 93 Points
Gary V. would be giving this the oak-monster treatment. Holy vanilla French oak! Espresso (wei monsieur!) and the vanilla dominate this palate coating, delicious, all consuming wine. Tough to tell the true varietal here, but the result is truly impressive in a hugely new world style.
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6/22/2015 - Z1nnfull wrote: 92 Points
Essentially the same tasting notes as 11/23/2013 that I entered. It has smoothed out just half a click, but still a wild wine that will be a party in your mouth. May be a bit too extracted and high alcohol % for those who like their wine timid and tame. It is aging well, holding up well. Lots of complexity in this blockbuster wine.
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12/1/2014 - ZachF88 Likes this wine: 91 Points
After 1.5 hrs decant: extremely dark in color (like ink). Smoky oak (but not dominant), blueberry, black currant, black liquorish, tobacco, game meat, earthy mushroom. This is a really big wine. Medium body with medium finish. Drinking great right now! Will keep together for another 3-4 years or so.
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11/28/2014 - Bandreas wrote:
Deep, dark, blackish purple
on nose a bit inky, still quite closed.
Quite a block-buster of a wine. Not overly sweet.
My taste has moved away from this type and style of wine.
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10/11/2014 - The_Grey_Fox Likes this wine: 93 Points
Excellent and complex
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9/24/2014 - rsed Likes this wine: 92 Points
great, dark, full body, red and black fruits, plum, prunes,
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5/11/2014 - ledocq Likes this wine: 91 Points
I'd never had a 100% Petit Verdot before, and since I keep seeing it listed in dollop-strength in various Bordeaux, I wanted to try some. Very glad I did --
Yes, "inkblot" is a perfect description. You could get lost for days in the color.
I didn't find it aromatic on the pour, but the taste was immediately something new, something cousin to cabernet sauvignon but not as immediately showy. Medium-plus bodied, it evolved in the glass for a few hours until the most striking feature was this sweet finish that I couldn't quite identify. I kept thinking "harvest, Thanksgiving," but looking at the notes below, I sort of like "marzipan" as a description.
Very glad I tried this and my local supermarket (!) has it for $25, so it's a no-brainer. That 91 is almost in a vacuum, in that I have no other PV to compare it with yet, but as far as what was going on in the glass, it was an excellent 91-ish experience.
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11/23/2013 - Z1nnfull Likes this wine: 92 Points
This wine is not for everyone, but it is one of the best we have had in 2013.
This is a very robust and fruity wine, dark appearance. The smoky red cherry licorice nose carries over to the same very full-bodied and fruit-forward taste. The wood aging is well-integrated and adds structure. Better than medium finish. This is quite ready to drink now, would soften and perhaps gain some complexity with a year or two aging.
Highly recommend...if you can find it.
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11/9/2013 - fhprado wrote: 90 Points
Color: impressive literally like ink, Nose: dark fruit, some vanilla, Palate: Black fruit-Black Berry -Currant, licorice, vanilla, minerals, balance tannins and nice med-finished
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2/4/2013 - Vinophiliac559 wrote: 80 Points
Decent wine for the price
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11/2/2012 - bjamesclark wrote: 90 Points
Concentrated, inky purple. one of the deepest purple wines I have seen. Opaque and glass tinting following the swirl. Medium plus viscosity that translates to a purple ridge that leaves you with purple rain (haha).
The nose shows concentrated and dense aromas. Blackberry, blueberry and dark cherry mixed with aromas of smoke, amaretti cookies, black licorice, violets, cola, and a pleasant minerality.
The palate is structured with balanced and bright acidity and ripe tannins. Flavors of spiced rum soaked blueberries, ripe blackberries, cherry cola, marzipan, violets and touches of anise and vanilla.
The Petit Verdot is good but the Cabernet Franc remains the best in the line of Inkblots.
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10/28/2012 - Bandreas wrote: 89 Points
Dark carmine red color
good sweet fruit on the nose, not "jump-in-your-face" but fully present.
Good mouth-feel, well balanced with tannins present but not overbearing. Better than the 06 Avigliano drunk the night before...
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