Bright red fruit; purple/ruby rim still quite fresh. Opened bright and deepens in the glass. Spices come forward first, followed by oak. Long finish and pronounced acidic backbone that balances the other characters. Continues to evolve in the glass decanting would help but I’ll be drinking it over the next few days so it goes on argon for the duration. Still some life here even in 2021…
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Definitely on its way down but still drinking wonderfully right now. When we opened it up it was quite dry but became lighter over 3 hours of air. Got very smooth. Nice jammy notes, medium lightness. Went very well with chicken and short ribs. If you have a bottle, recommend drinking now, seems like it’s flavor is starting to ween.
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Cork failed on opening. (7yrs on the shelf) Used in Godfather pasta sauce and polished bottle w/ meal. Besides the cork failure, the sauce created was excellent and paired nicely with a very drinkable wine. Might have held it a little too long, but not bad.
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Excellent wine that takes you out of the normal Napa blend rut. Very dark purple color and still relatively tannic. Drink now or hang on a few more years.
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- Brick color with slow forming legs and aromas of raspberry, cherry and black pepper. It's balanced and has flavours of black pepper with a full body. Round texture with a long finish - Spiced tea box nose, tiny hint of leather. Dark berry, spiced jam finish.
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Delicious rich blend with a nice smooth lingering finish. Very tannic right now and needed every bit of the 2+ hour decant; could certainly stand a few years in the cellar. Definitely a must try for someone ready to branch out from cab-centric Napa blends. Mocha, coffee, blueberry-chocolate and a tarty minerality on the finish.
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The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. It smells like plum, black currant (cassis), blackberry and violet. It tastes like blackberry, plum, vanilla and nutmeg. The body is full. The wine has polished texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity. This wine will improve with age but is approachable now.
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3/22/2024 - Ridgerunner Likes this wine: 93 Points
personal favorite from Trefethen. Vibrant and flavorful from day 1.
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10/21/2023 - theqspeaks Likes this wine: 89 Points
Nice, but didn't stand out. Drinking fine but don't think any more age will help.
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9/20/2021 - Dbmoos01 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Bright red fruit; purple/ruby rim still quite fresh.
Opened bright and deepens in the glass. Spices come forward first, followed by oak. Long finish and pronounced acidic backbone that balances the other characters. Continues to evolve in the glass decanting would help but I’ll be drinking it over the next few days so it goes on argon for the duration. Still some life here even in 2021…
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10/18/2019 - aaronmphoto Likes this wine: 95 Points
Definitely on its way down but still drinking wonderfully right now. When we opened it up it was quite dry but became lighter over 3 hours of air. Got very smooth. Nice jammy notes, medium lightness. Went very well with chicken and short ribs. If you have a bottle, recommend drinking now, seems like it’s flavor is starting to ween.
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9/22/2019 - OddBottle wrote: flawed
Cork failed on opening. (7yrs on the shelf)
Used in Godfather pasta sauce and polished bottle w/ meal. Besides the cork failure, the sauce created was excellent and paired nicely with a very drinkable wine. Might have held it a little too long, but not bad.
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5/28/2018 - despore Likes this wine: 90 Points
Lovely, well made wine, great big fruit, nice acidity/tannins to balance.
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2/5/2017 - shotrock1999 wrote:
Table 2.
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12/4/2016 - Margaux Bro Likes this wine: 94 Points
Excellent wine that takes you out of the normal Napa blend rut. Very dark purple color and still relatively tannic. Drink now or hang on a few more years.
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6/12/2015 - ey1294 wrote: 94 Points
- Brick color with slow forming legs and aromas of raspberry, cherry and black pepper. It's balanced and has flavours of black pepper with a full body. Round texture with a long finish - Spiced tea box nose, tiny hint of leather. Dark berry, spiced jam finish.
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5/16/2015 - brianspross wrote: 95 Points
Fabulous bottle.
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2/15/2015 - Margaux Bro Likes this wine: 94 Points
Delicious rich blend with a nice smooth lingering finish. Very tannic right now and needed every bit of the 2+ hour decant; could certainly stand a few years in the cellar. Definitely a must try for someone ready to branch out from cab-centric Napa blends. Mocha, coffee, blueberry-chocolate and a tarty minerality on the finish.
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12/26/2014 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 89 Points
lush ripe black fruit pepper, spice, smokey oak. b+/A-
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12/23/2014 - winebot Likes this wine:
This was very smooth. Very good on it's own.
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6/10/2014 - dc585669 Likes this wine: 92 Points
The wine looks purple colored. The legs are slow. It smells like plum, black currant (cassis), blackberry and violet. It tastes like blackberry, plum, vanilla and nutmeg. The body is full. The wine has polished texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity. This wine will improve with age but is approachable now.
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