The first pour featured a big nose of oak. The nose and palate were both comprised of muddled dark fruits and cedar spice with a choco-mint note emerging after a few hours. Tannins were fine and unobtrusive. Paired with pizza, though given the forward nature of the wine, likely would have worked sans food too. Needs a couple more years to integrate the oak.
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(JM Cellars Longevity Red Wine Columbia Valley) Abundant black fruit aromas along with bittersweet chocolate and earth. The palate is silky and textured with a firm backbone of tannins and a lingering, spice filled finish. 44% Cabernet Sauvignon (Stillwater Creek, Katherine Leone, Alder Ridge), 20% Merlot (Stillwater Creek), 14% Malbec (Stillwater Creek), 12% Cabernet Franc (Ciel du Cheval), 7% Petit Verdot (Stillwater Creek), and 3% Carmenère (Seven Hills). Aged 21 months in French oak (80% new). 14.3% alcohol. 643 cases produced.
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1/11/2020 - sanjuanlewis Likes this wine: 89 Points
Solid Washington effort
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1/29/2017 - WAWINEFAN wrote: 89 Points
Drink up! Nice nose - smooth and nice finish but doesn't last that long.
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12/28/2015 - WAWINEFAN wrote: 91 Points
Having this bottle made up for the very disappointing 2008. This one is great and drinking nicely right out of the bottle
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12/31/2013 - jmcmchi wrote: 89 Points
Nose of oak and dark fruit. On palate nice balance with fruit dominating with tannins visible not yet fully integrated
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10/12/2013 - wineaux2 wrote: 89 Points
The first pour featured a big nose of oak. The nose and palate were both comprised of muddled dark fruits and cedar spice with a choco-mint note emerging after a few hours. Tannins were fine and unobtrusive. Paired with pizza, though given the forward nature of the wine, likely would have worked sans food too. Needs a couple more years to integrate the oak.
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