Super jammy red and black fruit with loads of oak. A powerful and ultra ripe wine. Full body, loads of tannin, low acid, and definitely some heat. The oak leaves a bit of bitterness on the finish. Be careful lighting a match near this one. It’s not bad but shows the boundary you can push ripeness to in Napa.
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Drank just 2 hours after bought at Shafer Vineyards. Consumed at Scala Osteria $ Bar which a short decant.
The wine is bold, perfumed, long legs, linear for now and no too expressive but pleasant, fair finish and everything will come together with 2-5 years of bottle age.
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Heavy tannins, Dark fruit, full bodied, some earthiness, cherries, vanilla, a little alcohol burn. Still very good leave in the cellar for another 6-7 years.
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Huge nose of super ripe black cherries, loads of vanilla, confiture de fraises... Huge concentration of black and red ripe cherries, lacking a bit of freshness and minerality, lenght of 45 sec, fruit bomb!!
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5/9/2024 - ONEFIVE Likes this wine:
Super jammy red and black fruit with loads of oak. A powerful and ultra ripe wine.
Full body, loads of tannin, low acid, and definitely some heat. The oak leaves a bit of bitterness on the finish.
Be careful lighting a match near this one. It’s not bad but shows the boundary you can push ripeness to in Napa.
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3/24/2024 - gteran76 Likes this wine:
Drank just 2 hours after bought at Shafer Vineyards. Consumed at Scala Osteria $ Bar which a short decant.
The wine is bold, perfumed, long legs, linear for now and no too expressive but pleasant, fair finish and everything will come together with 2-5 years of bottle age.
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3/21/2024 - garygailkrivan Likes this wine: 93 Points
Heavy tannins, Dark fruit, full bodied, some earthiness, cherries, vanilla, a little alcohol burn.
Still very good leave in the cellar for another 6-7 years.
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11/26/2023 - Philippe_C wrote: 94 Points
Huge nose of super ripe black cherries, loads of vanilla, confiture de fraises... Huge concentration of black and red ripe cherries, lacking a bit of freshness and minerality, lenght of 45 sec, fruit bomb!!
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