2009 Balance by Heath Dolan Red Field Blend

Community Tasting Notes (6) Avg Score: 79 points

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  11/26/2015 - domino009 Likes this wine: 85 Points

  I didn't like this wine at first. Two years later I came to love it. The alcohol is no longer dominant, the wine has opened up, and the fruit has come forward. It is drinking very nicely for an $8/bottle wine.

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  8/31/2014 - cjheinrich84 wrote: 75 Points

  Alcohol overwhelms this wine. Through the burn, notes of blackberry, licorice, green bell pepper and black pepper.

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  5/19/2013 - hoops92 wrote: 85 Points

  Initially harsh, alcohol and fruit not melded. Opened up a bit, but still not persuasive.

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  5/4/2013 - BrandiLove Does not like this wine: 69 Points

  So you might get the idea from my other tasting notes that I like everything I drink .. this is not the case lol.
  
  I bought the 2009 Balance - Red Field Blend because of the write ups and their organic farming techniques. Unfortunately I intensely dislike this wine.
  
  I cant get past the nose which honestly smells like they aged this in barrels filled with hay. The aroma was so repugnant to me that we opened up the second bottle thinking the first might have been corked.
  
  Perhaps the nose disrupted my ability to taste however the wine also tasted like a barn smells. I hate to sound so negative but it was truly overpowering.
  
  Not something I would purchase again.

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  12/31/2012 - hoops92 Likes this wine: 87 Points

  Tart cherries - a bit less full bodied than I expected. More balanced on the second day (no pun intended)

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