Dark ruby in color. Nose of oak, cigar box, and dark berries. Not a lot of nose. Opens up with Wild strawberry, cocoa dust, and gravel. Oak and dark fruit flavors. Tanic on entry. Could easily cellar for another ten years.
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Dark inky purple in color. First nose of dark fruits, plum, and oak. Second nose opens up with dark cherry, raspberry, cola, and a bit of vanilla. Smooth with a building and lingering dryness in the back of the mouth. Oak and cherry flavors.
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Inky violet in color. Nose of deep dark fruits. Blueberry and plum. Second nose is more of the same and oak. Smooth and fruit forward. Finish long and dry.
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Dark garnet and inky. First nose of oak, cigar smoke, and dark fruit. Second nose more fruit forward with plum, blueberry, and black licorice. Smooth throughout the mouth and acidic that leaves the mid and side tongue watering.
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Sadly this is our last bottle...should of checked before we opened it. Dark purplish ruby red. Dark nose with layers of sweet spices, cassis, tobacco, gunpowder cocoa, and a hint of gravel undertone. Medium tannins (6/10) and medium plus body. Solid acidity with grave throughout. Layered palate with notes of licorice, dark cherries, cassis, sweet spices and a touch of earthiness. Long finish. Drink till 2026.
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Dark purplish ruby red. Dark spices on the attack of the nose with notes of black currants, cassis, tobacco, gunpowder and a hint savory underneath. Medium tannins (6.5/10) and medium to medium plus body. Solid acidity and still a bit young. Layered palate with notes of aniseed, black cherries, blackberries, cinnamon, vanilla, and gravel. Long finish. Drink till 2026.
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wow, excellent, very good. so rich, extracted and beastly, big on both the nose and the palate. delicious wine, definitely cabernet but the big extracted style leaves me wondering what mixture of grapes or vineyards are these? Still fantastic, regardless.
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Gosh, these Aonair wines are so freaking good. Grant Long is a phenomenal winemaker and every single vintage and every single wine I've had from him has just been out of the park. This Mountain Proprietary wine needs a decant before enjoying as opposed to his Cabernet bottle. The nose is intoxicating...you can smell a bit of the heat, but it is wrapped in divine blueberries, plums and dusted cocoa powder. Very thick and fuzzy mouth feel...tannic. In 3-5 years, this will be a powerhouse wine. Plush and velvety on the finish, with more dark chocolate, espresso, and the slightest hint of red fruit peeking out from the blue and black fruit.
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Deep and dark ruby red that coats the glass. Layered nose but young with dark cocoa, dark raspberries, cinnamon, some black fruits and spices. Heavy tanins (7/10) and medium plus body. Needed a couple hours to open up and beef up. Rich palate with black fruits, mountain berries, sweet spices and dark gravel. Definitely darker on day two with thicker fruits. Long finish. Drink from 2018 till 2028.
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4/29/2022 - sstein19 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Dark ruby in color. Nose of oak, cigar box, and dark berries. Not a lot of nose. Opens up with Wild strawberry, cocoa dust, and gravel. Oak and dark fruit flavors. Tanic on entry. Could easily cellar for another ten years.
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3/31/2022 - sstein19 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark inky purple in color. First nose of dark fruits, plum, and oak. Second nose opens up with dark cherry, raspberry, cola, and a bit of vanilla. Smooth with a building and lingering dryness in the back of the mouth. Oak and cherry flavors.
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12/6/2020 - sstein19 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Inky violet in color. Nose of deep dark fruits. Blueberry and plum. Second nose is more of the same and oak. Smooth and fruit forward. Finish long and dry.
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7/10/2020 - sstein19 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark garnet and inky. First nose of oak, cigar smoke, and dark fruit. Second nose more fruit forward with plum, blueberry, and black licorice. Smooth throughout the mouth and acidic that leaves the mid and side tongue watering.
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8/11/2018 - Millennial Drinkers wrote: 93 Points
Sadly this is our last bottle...should of checked before we opened it. Dark purplish ruby red. Dark nose with layers of sweet spices, cassis, tobacco, gunpowder cocoa, and a hint of gravel undertone. Medium tannins (6/10) and medium plus body. Solid acidity with grave throughout. Layered palate with notes of licorice, dark cherries, cassis, sweet spices and a touch of earthiness. Long finish. Drink till 2026.
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6/18/2018 - Millennial Drinkers wrote: 93 Points
Dark purplish ruby red. Dark spices on the attack of the nose with notes of black currants, cassis, tobacco, gunpowder and a hint savory underneath. Medium tannins (6.5/10) and medium to medium plus body. Solid acidity and still a bit young. Layered palate with notes of aniseed, black cherries, blackberries, cinnamon, vanilla, and gravel. Long finish. Drink till 2026.
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2/23/2018 - Wine G Likes this wine: 93 Points
wow, excellent, very good. so rich, extracted and beastly, big on both the nose and the palate. delicious wine, definitely cabernet but the big extracted style leaves me wondering what mixture of grapes or vineyards are these? Still fantastic, regardless.
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10/4/2017 - BrockmanP Likes this wine: 97 Points
Best red blend I’ve tasted so far. I was pleasantly surprised. Let it decant for an hour or so.
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9/20/2017 - Shay.Aldriedge Likes this wine: 93 Points
Gosh, these Aonair wines are so freaking good. Grant Long is a phenomenal winemaker and every single vintage and every single wine I've had from him has just been out of the park. This Mountain Proprietary wine needs a decant before enjoying as opposed to his Cabernet bottle. The nose is intoxicating...you can smell a bit of the heat, but it is wrapped in divine blueberries, plums and dusted cocoa powder. Very thick and fuzzy mouth feel...tannic. In 3-5 years, this will be a powerhouse wine. Plush and velvety on the finish, with more dark chocolate, espresso, and the slightest hint of red fruit peeking out from the blue and black fruit.
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7/23/2017 - Millennial Drinkers wrote: 93 Points
Deep and dark ruby red that coats the glass. Layered nose but young with dark cocoa, dark raspberries, cinnamon, some black fruits and spices. Heavy tanins (7/10) and medium plus body. Needed a couple hours to open up and beef up. Rich palate with black fruits, mountain berries, sweet spices and dark gravel. Definitely darker on day two with thicker fruits. Long finish. Drink from 2018 till 2028.
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6/1/2017 - tshelton12 wrote: 93 Points
Superb wine. Needs a little time but I can't wait to drink this in 3-5 years. So good!
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