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2019 Daou Vineyards Eye of the Falcon Reserve
9/3/2022 - Hodby Likes this wine: 87 Points
Popped and poured, through aerator, following 45 minutes aeration.Three 2 oz tasting portions sampled over a two hour period.
Dark red color, quite saturated. Aroma is big on ripe fruit, and much new oak seasoning; not much breadth or complexity, certainly no bottle development or secondary complexities. It's young, superripe yey not burnt or pruny at all. It feels ready to drink and light bodied with low tannin, low acidity, which is a nice trick with what I assume is mostly Cabernet and Bordeaux varietals. Paso Robles summer heat seems nicely tamed by some carbonic maceration, gentle press work, and whole bunch fermentation. Not classically true to the varietal character to my tasta but it's an easy drinking red. Have no idea how a well stored version may last but I'd say drink now rather than store for adventure.
I did not know much about the producer except that it receives ardent support from its mailing list customerrs. I think this bottling sells on release for around $60/750ml, which wouldn't tempt me; there's so much old vine zinfandel of similar character but more excitement that draws me strongly instead.
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1998 Domaine Joël Champet Côte-Rôtie La Viallière
9/22/2018 - Hodby Likes this wine: 91 Points
Medium red-garnet color. Aroma immediate and on the meaty and smoky side,. Balanced mouthfeel. Rich, long finish. Consumed over five evenings, improved each day. Recorked and kept cold each day. Bottle #10 of twelve.
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2012 Ridge Zinfandel Pagani Ranch
9/8/2018 - Hodby wrote: 88 Points
Medium red color; there's no violet trace at all now. Well-fruited in the nose, oak starting to peek out first. On the whole, flavors and body are still quite good, with acidity tipped up a click or two as usual with this property. This release has been and continues to be on a level drinking plateau of two years now, one that should last quite some time albeit with a reduced verve compared to bottles of two years back. Bottle #11 of twelve.
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