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• 1985 Clos des Papes Châteauneuf-du-Pape

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  12/31/2020 - themuzzle Likes this wine:

  Drank on NYE for my wife's 35th birthday. Cork was soaked 75% through and came out in two pieces. Decanted for sediment and served about 20 minutes later. I am a complete novice with wines of this age, so this tasting was a first for me. Tertiary notes of tobacco and leather on the nose. Not much tannin. Drank over two hours. I won't give it a score due to my inexperience with bottles like this, but it was delicious and a good showing to me what a perfectly aged old world bottle should taste like.

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• 2016 Bevan Cellars Pinot Noir Rita's Crown Vineyard Sta. Rita Hills

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  8/30/2020 - themuzzle Does not like this wine:

  Even after a 1.5 hour decant this wine was still a huge, full bodied vanilla bomb. You can definitely tell this is a pinot made by a cabernet sauvignon wine maker. I love Russell's cabs, but this is not what I'm looking for in a pinot at all.

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• 2014 Hall Cabernet Sauvignon The North End

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  7/21/2020 - themuzzle Does not like this wine:

  I would like to preface this review by saying that I have been a member of the Hall wine club for three years and have visited twice on my trips to Napa. I am a fan of their "higher tier" wines, like Jack's Masterpiece and Kathryn Hall, but still purchase their "lower tier" stuff to have in the cellar for nights when we have guests that aren't wine drinkers, which is exactly what the case was this past Saturday.
  
  Deep purple in color with lots of fruit, notably blackberry and plum. Felt sloppy on the palate with too much oak and the tanins were not what I would put in the category of a quality Napa Cabernet. I was disappointed to say the least, although our guests did like it which is all that mattered at at point.

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