Petrol, slate, deep nearly blood-like minerality woven with medium acid, earth, blackberry, medium tannins. Good stuff and in a good spot for drinking now, it will likely improve but geez it’s tasty right now!
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Just shedding some baby tannin to display deep lush dark fruit but there’s still some tannin to shed. This will likely improve a bit over the next 5-10 years. Moderate French oak toast, blackberry, cassis, very slight minty licorice, tasty but still some grip here.
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Excellent value at $24. The nose was very barnyard funky with cherry and red fruit notes then light toast tones. The initial palate is sour cherry with a dry tart but slightly ripe mid palate that finishes med dry.. Acidity is not very high but there’s some acid there so the ageability is somewhere in the 10 year or less range..
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2015 Paul Jaboulet Aîné Cornas Les Grandes Terrasses
4/8/2024 - Mmomike Likes this wine: 90 Points
Petrol, slate, deep nearly blood-like minerality woven with medium acid, earth, blackberry, medium tannins. Good stuff and in a good spot for drinking now, it will likely improve but geez it’s tasty right now!
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2014 Waters Merlot
4/8/2024 - Mmomike Likes this wine: 89 Points
Just shedding some baby tannin to display deep lush dark fruit but there’s still some tannin to shed. This will likely improve a bit over the next 5-10 years. Moderate French oak toast, blackberry, cassis, very slight minty licorice, tasty but still some grip here.
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2014 Arboleda Pinot Noir
5/4/2020 - Mmomike Likes this wine: 90 Points
Excellent value at $24. The nose was very barnyard funky with cherry and red fruit notes then light toast tones. The initial palate is sour cherry with a dry tart but slightly ripe mid palate that finishes med dry.. Acidity is not very high but there’s some acid there so the ageability is somewhere in the 10 year or less range..
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