This wine was great tonight. Upon opening, deep nose of red fruit from the bottle. Let sit and slow ox for several hours. First pour was smooth and almost a creamy texture - tannins and acid were well integrated with soft fruit flavors. With the sirloin we cooked, it sang. Great balance, and red fruit, with just enough tannin to cut through the red meat. A really nice showing, and a wedding year wine to boot.
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Deep, deep, ruby, opaque core..full body cedar, oak, blueberry pie, needed 30 minutes of air to come together and soften. Finishes with typical notes associated with Cab Franc and/or Petit Verdot, not sure of the blend %. Drink now. 90.
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Very lovely napa. Nose had caramel, black currants, cedar wood, and french vanilla oak. Palate had a good balance without the super ripeness of napa wine. The finish on the wine was precise. Drinking nicely now. 92
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Very Napa with its oak signature and dark fruits; has some varietal character with some green, presumably from the cab franc or cab sauv, but somehow this wine doesn't manage to fully please on the whole despite having the right parts. Tasted only briefly shortly after the bottle was opened; would be interested to try it again with some more age on it but for now this is underwhelming for price tag.
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taste: soft, soft fruit finish, good fun, herbal undertone, approachable for its complexity other: 47% cabernet sauvignon, 24% cabernet franc, rindo is Japanese for the bell flower of the same color
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7/9/2023 - Gregmonroe wrote:
This wine was great tonight. Upon opening, deep nose of red fruit from the bottle. Let sit and slow ox for several hours. First pour was smooth and almost a creamy texture - tannins and acid were well integrated with soft fruit flavors. With the sirloin we cooked, it sang. Great balance, and red fruit, with just enough tannin to cut through the red meat. A really nice showing, and a wedding year wine to boot.
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7/4/2020 - JSolo Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drank three bottles over a three month period. Consistent, however the wine seems to be fading and should be consumed soon.
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1/30/2020 - JSolo Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drink Now!
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5/31/2018 - Boomer Sooner Likes this wine: 92 Points
Beautiful wine. Very enjoyable but missing that wow. Drank at a wine dinner but was blown away by a 2007 Levy & McClellan Ampersand.
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9/3/2017 - tb76 wrote:
Deep, deep, ruby, opaque core..full body cedar, oak, blueberry pie, needed 30 minutes of air to come together and soften. Finishes with typical notes associated with Cab Franc and/or Petit Verdot, not sure of the blend %. Drink now. 90.
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11/29/2015 - Burgnick Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very lovely napa. Nose had caramel, black currants, cedar wood, and french vanilla oak. Palate had a good balance without the super ripeness of napa wine. The finish on the wine was precise. Drinking nicely now. 92
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4/5/2014 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 92 Points
Black fruit, blueberries earth tones, minerality, pepper , smokey oak. a/a-
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4/28/2013 - BigBoy_Sonoma wrote: 94 Points
Dark cherries, pepper, fine tobacco, dust of cocca, cedar smokey oak. Nice length on the finish. A-/A. Really outstanding.
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6/10/2012 - amateurwino wrote: 89 Points
Very Napa with its oak signature and dark fruits; has some varietal character with some green, presumably from the cab franc or cab sauv, but somehow this wine doesn't manage to fully please on the whole despite having the right parts. Tasted only briefly shortly after the bottle was opened; would be interested to try it again with some more age on it but for now this is underwhelming for price tag.
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10/10/2011 - Grace 77 wrote: 93 Points
I visited this winery a year ago and waited to open this bottle. Amazing wine! Huge dark fruit, cocoa, cedar. Amazing!!
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10/1/2011 - pizzasomm wrote:
taste: soft, soft fruit finish, good fun, herbal undertone, approachable for its complexity
other: 47% cabernet sauvignon, 24% cabernet franc, rindo is Japanese for the bell flower of the same color
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9/10/2011 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 94 Points
Dark cherries, pepper, fine tobacco, dust of cocca, cedar smokey oak. Nice length on the finish. A-/A.
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