Pop and pour for this wine. Beautiful dark purple color for this wine. Delicious bouquet and palate of black cherry, currants and licorice. Fruit explodes from the glass in this wonderfully balanced Rhone blend. Would love to have more of this wine but alas this is my last bottle of this beauty. Bravo Audelssa!!!!
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Back to form again with smoky black cherry/raspberry, herbs, smoke and licorice. Firm tannins provide the requisite structure to make this a candidate for midterm aging.
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This is a great example of new world and old world intersecting and producing a wonderful wine. It's got the GSM notes, but is not too fruity-jammy like some of the Australian wines, that make you feel like you're eating a jar of preserves, this wine has a bit of that rhone-style feeling, but also well balanced fruit. All in all, a very nice wine and well made. If you like Rhone wines but don't insist on tasting the earth and rocks in your mouth, just want good acidity, structure and solid but not too much fruit, try this wine!! A refreshing change from their straight up Cab, which is not my fave.
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Lined this bottle up with other Rhone style blends and this one came out on top! Great nose with hints of Rasberrys and other lighter fruits. Taste was very smooth and elegant but still had a full taste. Glad I have a couple more of these!
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Terrific wine! Jammy raspberries and cream on the nose. On the palate, layers of fruit, sweet raspberries, chocolate, some earthiness, lots of complexity for such a young wine. The finish is long. Delicious! 93+
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Wonderful raspbery fruit with vanilla, minerals and crisp acidity to balance the fine tannins. Really shows finesse and verve. Drink over the next 5-7 years.
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Delicious wine. Color inky purple. Nose of dark fruits, berry, graphite and spice, Delicious flavors mimic the nose with a bit of earth. Nice depth with a backbone of sweet tannin that should allow this wine to develop for quite a few years. Happy to have a few more to sample over time. For those that have not been this winery is an exceptional stop on any trip to Napa. The setting is incredible and Dan is an entertaining and gracious host.
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The wine was a deep dark, but clear color and the essence of black fruits (primarily blackberry) rose from the nose. In the mouth, this beautiful wine was perfectly balanced and was one of the best domestic wines I've had this year. Just yummy!
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4/12/2011 - rmodak wrote: 90 Points
Raspberry and cherry fruit with rose petal and licorice on a rich, yet lively frame. Drinking well now.
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10/18/2009 - dsimmons wrote: 94 Points
Pop and pour for this wine. Beautiful dark purple color for this wine. Delicious bouquet and palate of black cherry, currants and licorice. Fruit explodes from the glass in this wonderfully balanced Rhone blend. Would love to have more of this wine but alas this is my last bottle of this beauty. Bravo Audelssa!!!!
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9/2/2009 - karpos wrote: 91 Points
Still good. Broad and complex with a decent amount of tannin to keep this going a bit longer...
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9/1/2009 - rmodak wrote: 92 Points
Back to form again with smoky black cherry/raspberry, herbs, smoke and licorice. Firm tannins provide the requisite structure to make this a candidate for midterm aging.
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5/26/2009 - cns wrote: 92 Points
This is a great example of new world and old world intersecting and producing a wonderful wine. It's got the GSM notes, but is not too fruity-jammy like some of the Australian wines, that make you feel like you're eating a jar of preserves, this wine has a bit of that rhone-style feeling, but also well balanced fruit. All in all, a very nice wine and well made. If you like Rhone wines but don't insist on tasting the earth and rocks in your mouth, just want good acidity, structure and solid but not too much fruit, try this wine!! A refreshing change from their straight up Cab, which is not my fave.
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5/15/2009 - rmodak wrote: 87 Points
Tasted a bit more heat on this go around with ripe raspberry, blueberry, vanilla and cream. This deepened as it opened, so a decant might have helped
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3/22/2009 - karpos wrote: 91 Points
quite good. nice complex fruit.
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1/9/2009 - BonnieM wrote:
Drank this too cool so the fruit didn't get to show as well. The last glass was lovely.
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12/31/2008 - chrisbran wrote: 92 Points
Lined this bottle up with other Rhone style blends and this one came out on top! Great nose with hints of Rasberrys and other lighter fruits. Taste was very smooth and elegant but still had a full taste. Glad I have a couple more of these!
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12/4/2008 - CBurbank wrote: 91 Points
Dense dark raspberry, graphite, licorice flavors with a loamy, tannic mouthfeel checked by good acids. Pleasurable and complex.
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11/20/2008 - txwine wrote: 93 Points
Enjoying my second bottle, this is drinking very well. Dark berries with some zing!
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11/17/2008 - davergny wrote: 93 Points
Terrific wine! Jammy raspberries and cream on the nose. On the palate, layers of fruit, sweet raspberries, chocolate, some earthiness, lots of complexity for such a young wine. The finish is long. Delicious! 93+
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10/24/2008 - rmodak wrote: 92 Points
Wonderful raspbery fruit with vanilla, minerals and crisp acidity to balance the fine tannins. Really shows finesse and verve. Drink over the next 5-7 years.
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10/9/2008 - dsimmons wrote: 93 Points
Delicious wine. Color inky purple. Nose of dark fruits, berry, graphite and spice, Delicious flavors mimic the nose with a bit of earth. Nice depth with a backbone of sweet tannin that should allow this wine to develop for quite a few years. Happy to have a few more to sample over time. For those that have not been this winery is an exceptional stop on any trip to Napa. The setting is incredible and Dan is an entertaining and gracious host.
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9/26/2008 - NittanyLion wrote:
The wine was a deep dark, but clear color and the essence of black fruits (primarily blackberry) rose from the nose. In the mouth, this beautiful wine was perfectly balanced and was one of the best domestic wines I've had this year. Just yummy!
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9/9/2008 - CBurbank wrote: flawed
Bottle was oxidised. Deep mineral component present with dark fruits but obviously marred.
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8/3/2008 - Tubbs wrote:
This was really good, better than I expected. No need to drink up, should last at least 5 - 10.
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