This wine is super hyped here and other places, so I was expecting it to rip my face off. I decanted it for at least 30-45 minutes, but I think this wine was opened too early.
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A truly profound wine with immense layers and thought provoking intricacies. It has this dark brooding quality without being overly extracted. And then it has this high toned floral peppery thing going on that is just absolutely beautiful. It's almost hard to identify a fruit in this wine because there's so many savory and floral and herbal things going on but at its foundation I would say it's kind of a black currant or marionberry. Then you've got stacks and layers of puzzling and esoteric aromas. Hard to put a finger on. But ultimately the overarching theme of this wine is beauty and finesse. There's flowers and perfume and the reminiscent smells of a baking pie and all other manner of pleasant, memory-inducing delights.
The structure is balanced the tannins are supple the acid is bright but not overbearing so all the structural components of the wine are right where they need to be.
In the end it's really just about what a special and unique wine this is and how much you feel like, when you're drinking it, you are having a peak experience with wine and it just kind of doesn't get much better than this.
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92 for now because of youth. This will get better with some age. Shared with regular wine group. Thought people had some difficulty identifying Washington state and the age. I is very good wine. Medium body, light on its feet, balanced. Want to keep my hands off the other one for a while.
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Once again I have committed infanticide, but a delicious crime nonetheless. Smokiness definitely there, but not as prominent as other reviewers have remarked upon, and not unpleasant. A very intriguing minerality is present, along with blue and red fruit. Definitely reminiscent of a good northern rhone offering. Wait to late 2023 earliest to try the next one.
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VIP Grand Touring Club Virtual Tasting. Nose of blueberries, freshly cut green bell pepper, and notes of grilled asparagus. Powerful palate loaded with vibrant black raspberry and black plum fruit pulsing with acidity, pepperiness, and minerals. Voluptuous tannins are tight at the stage, but are clearly supple and infused with purple fruits, boysenberry, granite, chalk, dusty earth, and a firm earthiness. This will surely improve but is too young right now. 93+ points
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Hedonistic sweet dark fruit with all the flavors of a Reuben sandwich on rye complete with sauerkraut and side pickle. Not as gobby as I would have been concerned about had I known it was a Charles Smith wine, but all the same nothing here holds back. A real E-ticket of a ride for the palate; IF you like that sort of thing.
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2/3/2024 - DMO20015 Likes this wine: 89 Points
This wine is super hyped here and other places, so I was expecting it to rip my face off. I decanted it for at least 30-45 minutes, but I think this wine was opened too early.
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12/5/2023 - Jack Cranley wrote: 96 Points
A truly profound wine with immense layers and thought provoking intricacies. It has this dark brooding quality without being overly extracted. And then it has this high toned floral peppery thing going on that is just absolutely beautiful.
It's almost hard to identify a fruit in this wine because there's so many savory and floral and herbal things going on but at its foundation I would say it's kind of a black currant or marionberry.
Then you've got stacks and layers of puzzling and esoteric aromas. Hard to put a finger on. But ultimately the overarching theme of this wine is beauty and finesse. There's flowers and perfume and the reminiscent smells of a baking pie and all other manner of pleasant, memory-inducing delights.
The structure is balanced the tannins are supple the acid is bright but not overbearing so all the structural components of the wine are right where they need to be.
In the end it's really just about what a special and unique wine this is and how much you feel like, when you're drinking it, you are having a peak experience with wine and it just kind of doesn't get much better than this.
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11/9/2023 - deadwax Likes this wine: 92 Points
92 for now because of youth. This will get better with some age. Shared with regular wine group. Thought people had some difficulty identifying Washington state and the age. I is very good wine. Medium body, light on its feet, balanced. Want to keep my hands off the other one for a while.
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2/17/2023 - slabslovin Likes this wine: 91 Points
Had high hopes for this one. Interesting wine, nutty, slight sour, developed complexity with best day #3. Maybe it is too young?
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10/1/2022 - RBurgundy99 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Once again I have committed infanticide, but a delicious crime nonetheless. Smokiness definitely there, but not as prominent as other reviewers have remarked upon, and not unpleasant. A very intriguing minerality is present, along with blue and red fruit. Definitely reminiscent of a good northern rhone offering. Wait to late 2023 earliest to try the next one.
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9/29/2022 - progenitive Likes this wine: 92 Points
Smoked barbecue meat, probably game meat. Also reminds me of a northern Rhône, perhaps more than other vintages. Probably can go for decades .
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7/15/2022 - Clark W Griswold Likes this wine: 95 Points
Double decant. Gorgeous red and blue fruits. Floral, perfumed. Meaty. So incredibly complex and delicious. Amazing wine!
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7/2/2022 - VAGenius Likes this wine: 93 Points
VIP Grand Touring Club Virtual Tasting. Nose of blueberries, freshly cut green bell pepper, and notes of grilled asparagus. Powerful palate loaded with vibrant black raspberry and black plum fruit pulsing with acidity, pepperiness, and minerals. Voluptuous tannins are tight at the stage, but are clearly supple and infused with purple fruits, boysenberry, granite, chalk, dusty earth, and a firm earthiness. This will surely improve but is too young right now. 93+ points
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3/20/2022 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Hedonistic sweet dark fruit with all the flavors of a Reuben sandwich on rye complete with sauerkraut and side pickle. Not as gobby as I would have been concerned about had I known it was a Charles Smith wine, but all the same nothing here holds back. A real E-ticket of a ride for the palate; IF you like that sort of thing.
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9/11/2021 - Brian Glas Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very smoky. Distracts and dries the fruit. Still some amazing fruit behind the curtain
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