Required several hours of air to relax, when it did, it was wonderful. Not full-bodied, but very deep on dark fruit, charred oak flavors. Not alcoholic at all, which surprised me because it's 14.5%. This was wonderful, seemingly drinking near its peak.
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Very aromatic and alcoholic on opening, needed a few hours of air. Consumed over two nights, each half-glass was better than the prior. Evolved from very oaky to balanced fruit. Likely has a few years left, but I can’t see why you wouldn’t drink this now.
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2012 Repris Malbec Moon Mountain Vineyard
6/20/2022 - rldixon Likes this wine: 92 Points
Required several hours of air to relax, when it did, it was wonderful. Not full-bodied, but very deep on dark fruit, charred oak flavors. Not alcoholic at all, which surprised me because it's 14.5%. This was wonderful, seemingly drinking near its peak.
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2012 Tamber Bey Cabernet Sauvignon
6/19/2022 - rldixon Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very aromatic and alcoholic on opening, needed a few hours of air. Consumed over two nights, each half-glass was better than the prior. Evolved from very oaky to balanced fruit. Likely has a few years left, but I can’t see why you wouldn’t drink this now.
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2017 Turley Zinfandel Juvenile
5/28/2022 - rldixon Likes this wine: 91 Points
I’m generally not a fan of Juvenile, but this year is a good, if unspectacular, example of Zin.
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