Kiawah 2022; 8/6/2022-8/13/2022: Holy crap. Dark coffee and chocolate, tea notes. So deep, brooding and complex. Desperately needs air. Some classic Châteauneuf notes, but clearly made in a modern Rhone ranger style. Sour cherry, balck raspberry, plum and fig. Tobacco. Heaven. Otherworldly. Would hold, but still beautiful. 2025-2045+
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This was a pop and pour and a real treat to have an opportunity to taste. Thai was a full step up from other la in this category and hit on all cylinders. Powerful yet maintaining the Rhône elegance. Loved it!
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Second time I’ve had this CdP immigrant and the thrill is still there. Not like any other CdP, no prunes here. Leather veil lifts to reveal smoked chestnut, mushroom smoke, delivered in a classic top shelf way but packing exciting nuances.
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No formal note but this wine was decanted for 2 hours and enjoyed after that at the Plumed Horse. Great concentration and fruit purity, but I think it either needed a longer decant or more time in cellar.
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8/6/2022 - rustyRudy Likes this wine: 98 Points
Dark red fresh cherry, earthy, tobacco, cedar with some cherry noted early and again on the finish. Some blackberry and firm tannins
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8/6/2022 - andrewdodd86 Likes this wine: 100 Points
Kiawah 2022; 8/6/2022-8/13/2022: Holy crap. Dark coffee and chocolate, tea notes. So deep, brooding and complex. Desperately needs air. Some classic Châteauneuf notes, but clearly made in a modern Rhone ranger style. Sour cherry, balck raspberry, plum and fig. Tobacco. Heaven. Otherworldly. Would hold, but still beautiful. 2025-2045+
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9/1/2019 - LiteItOnFire Likes this wine: 95 Points
No notes as drank too many and happily too much.
This was a pop and pour and a real treat to have an opportunity to taste. Thai was a full step up from other la in this category and hit on all cylinders. Powerful yet maintaining the Rhône elegance. Loved it!
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5/12/2019 - shadow wrote: 100 Points
Second time I’ve had this CdP immigrant and the thrill is still there.
Not like any other CdP, no prunes here.
Leather veil lifts to reveal smoked chestnut, mushroom smoke, delivered in a classic top shelf way but packing exciting nuances.
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7/30/2018 - CRAUBER4242 Likes this wine: 94 Points
No formal note but this wine was decanted for 2 hours and enjoyed after that at the Plumed Horse. Great concentration and fruit purity, but I think it either needed a longer decant or more time in cellar.
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