frank hertz
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2007 Chappellet Cabernet Sauvignon Signature
8/7/2015 - frank hertz Likes this wine: 94 Points
bought this bottle back in 2010 and it was perfectly ready for action when i popped it open last night. deep cherry and currant aromatics — can tell that it's a pretty extracted juice, but it retains suavity... not over the top, not just a stuffed shirt. oak is well-integrated. chocolatey tannins. altogether, cabernet sauvignon that is typical in the best sense of the word. had with grilled flank steak and an inordinate of zucchini that my wife had grown.
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2009 Wind Gap Wines Rana
1/5/2013 - frank hertz Likes this wine:
wonderfully deep spicy aromas over more gentle sweet cherry notes; very expressive; a pleasant meaty funk arrived a few hours on, was quite welcome. fruit came through with purity and finesse on the palate. i was totally into it. wind gap has a new devotee in maine.
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2007 Domaine Raspail-Ay Gigondas
12/9/2012 - frank hertz Likes this wine:
my concern that this would turn out to be a big sad boozy mess was put down after it got a couple hours in the decanter, letting it get up to temperature, revealing a solid gigondas in excellent fighting shape at 5 years of age. aromatically, it was none too showy, but enticing nonetheless; some spicy berries with nothing to prove. for me, it was all about the gulp: rich, mouth-filling, suave; subtle olive brine flavor coming from the syrah brought the grenache fruit to another level; classy tannins. i would've liked more herb, more earth, more funk, but as it was — and at $28 — i was pretty happy.
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