Very dark red/purple color. PNP, aerated into glasses, drank 2 glasses over 90 minutes. Nose has cherry, spice, oak, and hints of tobacco. The palate is medium plus bodied, loamy, dark cherry fruit, sour cherry, spice, oak and more tobacco showing with firm medium grained tannins. 88+pts.
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Opened the bottle and the normal Inglenook aroma came out of the bottle.
Let it decant for 2 hours.
Initial tasting after decant: claret-style look to it. Strong legs around the glass. Expected structure and some complexity but what I got was simple, which doesn't mean it was a bad thing. Medium body with a nice silky finish. In fact, it is silky from the moment it enters your mouth.
Earthly elements to it along with plum in the front palate. Hint of cigar/tobacco in the rear palate. Some spice at the end which for me was a positive extra.
I never tasted this in its infancy so I can't judge or comment on how it has evolved. I have an additional 8 bottles so with the incoming Coravin, I will be able to judge how this evolves over the next 3-4 years. I do remember the Inglenook memberhip notes for this bottle was that it would be the one with the longest life of the 2007 vineyard lots. Now I'm intrigued to see how the Four, Seven, and Fourteen are tasting at this point in time to compare.
For those with a bottle or two I would say drink now. Im not sure if this has the structure to evolve over the next 2-4 years but I'm willing to save 2-3 bottles to try over the next 2-4 years with a Coravin just for the heck of it.
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The wine looks Garnet colored. The legs are Slow. It smells like Blackberry, Stoniness, and Cherry. It tastes like Plum, Raisin, and Blackberry. The body is Full. The wine has Smooth texture. The wine finishes Long. Excellent. Typical of the top line Rutherford/ Inglenook wines. Rich and complex.
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- Purple color. It's balanced with a medium/full body with a medium finish - Wine is ready to drink right now. Lots of cherry, medium body, quite sweet.
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smooth tannins. Dark fruit, spice and finishes with smokey oak, It has a good length on the finish. It's well balanced and has good structure. This is an A- wine.
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10/10/2020 - Jeffkunins Likes this wine: 89 Points
unfortunately has definitely gone downhill - significantly past prime
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1/15/2017 - srshane Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drinking nearly perfectly now. Good black fruit left but at its peak.
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7/2/2016 - Buck naked wrote: 90 Points
Dark purple color. Tobacco and berry nose. Taste of cherry, oak and an earthy loam. Very smooth.
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10/10/2015 - rocknroller wrote: 88 Points
Very dark red/purple color. PNP, aerated into glasses, drank 2 glasses over 90 minutes. Nose has cherry, spice, oak, and hints of tobacco. The palate is medium plus bodied, loamy, dark cherry fruit, sour cherry, spice, oak and more tobacco showing with firm medium grained tannins. 88+pts.
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8/9/2014 - Soyunhp Likes this wine: 90 Points
Opened the bottle and the normal Inglenook aroma came out of the bottle.
Let it decant for 2 hours.
Initial tasting after decant: claret-style look to it. Strong legs around the glass. Expected structure and some complexity but what I got was simple, which doesn't mean it was a bad thing. Medium body with a nice silky finish. In fact, it is silky from the moment it enters your mouth.
Earthly elements to it along with plum in the front palate. Hint of cigar/tobacco in the rear palate. Some spice at the end which for me was a positive extra.
I never tasted this in its infancy so I can't judge or comment on how it has evolved. I have an additional 8 bottles so with the incoming Coravin, I will be able to judge how this evolves over the next 3-4 years. I do remember the Inglenook memberhip notes for this bottle was that it would be the one with the longest life of the 2007 vineyard lots. Now I'm intrigued to see how the Four, Seven, and Fourteen are tasting at this point in time to compare.
For those with a bottle or two I would say drink now. Im not sure if this has the structure to evolve over the next 2-4 years but I'm willing to save 2-3 bottles to try over the next 2-4 years with a Coravin just for the heck of it.
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7/13/2014 - wcadkins wrote: 89 Points
losing some of its fruitiness but still a great summer wine
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11/22/2013 - BigBoy_Sonoma wrote: 94 Points
Black fruit, fine tobacco, cocoa dust, spice, and smokey cedar. Silky smooth on the finish.
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5/10/2013 - bterry3 Likes this wine: 91 Points
The wine looks Garnet colored. The legs are Slow. It smells like Blackberry, Stoniness, and Cherry. It tastes like Plum, Raisin, and Blackberry. The body is Full. The wine has Smooth texture. The wine finishes Long. Excellent. Typical of the top line Rutherford/ Inglenook wines. Rich and complex.
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12/14/2012 - sonodoc wrote: 88 Points
Dark fruit and earthy. Pleasant, but not exceptional.
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3/12/2012 - Tiger1028 wrote: 88 Points
- Purple color. It's balanced with a medium/full body with a medium finish - Wine is ready to drink right now. Lots of cherry, medium body, quite sweet.
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10/1/2011 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 94 Points
Black fruit, fine tobacco, cocoa dust, spice, and smokey cedar. Supple tannins.
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9/25/2011 - BigBoy_Sonoma wrote: 92 Points
Dark fruit, blueberries and blackberries, spice, fine earthy tones. Cedar notes. Supple smooth tannins. A - wine. Very drinkable now
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11/14/2010 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 91 Points
smooth tannins. Dark fruit, spice and finishes with smokey oak, It has a good length on the finish. It's well balanced and has good structure. This is an A- wine.
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