- Garnet color - Deep, dark purple color. Initial taste showed the 14.5% alcohol and tannins that overpowered the taste. After being open for an hour there was only a slight aroma of dark fruit. Tasted some dark fruit and a hint of white pepper, but the finish was a little sour on the sides of my tongue.
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Blind Tasting - Red Blends from California and Washington (My Place - Washington, DC): Really nice mix aromas: loam and pepper along with tart blackberries and currants. Solid depth on the palate, with velvety tannins. The fruit is tangy and tart, but not light, like fresh blackberries and currants; this is all highlighted by notes of graphite, pepper and cedar. Almost Bordeaux-like in its approach, but steeped in the tart black fruit that screams Mendocino.
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Excellent wine at this price point. It's a hearty red blend table wine that makes a great candidate for an everyday pour. The wine looks Purple colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Black currant (cassis), Blackberry, and Black Pepper. It tastes like and Black currant (cassis). The body is Medium. The wine has Smooth texture. The wine finishes Medium. Tasting sample bottle provided by winery.
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(Cornerstone Cellars Stepping Stone Red Rocks!) Very dark red violet color; ripe black fruit, tart berry, pepper nose; ripe black fruit, tart black fruit, pepper palate, showing a little heat; medium-plus finish 87+ points (14.5% alcohol; sample provided by winery)
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9/13/2013 - mtred wrote: 86 Points
- Garnet color - Deep, dark purple color. Initial taste showed the 14.5% alcohol and tannins that overpowered the taste. After being open for an hour there was only a slight aroma of dark fruit. Tasted some dark fruit and a hint of white pepper, but the finish was a little sour on the sides of my tongue.
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8/4/2013 - anonymoose12345 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Whelmed. Not overwhelmed, not underwhelmed... just whelmed.
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7/12/2013 - anonymoose12345 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Medium bodied, dark red and bright red fruit, tannins on the finish.
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3/15/2013 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 88 Points
Blind Tasting - Red Blends from California and Washington (My Place - Washington, DC): Really nice mix aromas: loam and pepper along with tart blackberries and currants. Solid depth on the palate, with velvety tannins. The fruit is tangy and tart, but not light, like fresh blackberries and currants; this is all highlighted by notes of graphite, pepper and cedar. Almost Bordeaux-like in its approach, but steeped in the tart black fruit that screams Mendocino.
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2/9/2013 - SFDoug Likes this wine: 90 Points
Excellent wine at this price point. It's a hearty red blend table wine that makes a great candidate for an everyday pour. The wine looks Purple colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Black currant (cassis), Blackberry, and Black Pepper. It tastes like and Black currant (cassis). The body is Medium. The wine has Smooth texture. The wine finishes Medium.
Tasting sample bottle provided by winery.
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