Much more like a Spanish Garnacha than a Cotes du Rhone Grenache. Full bodied, decent varietal character, dark cherry, tree bark, raspberry and pepper. Fully evolved at ten years, but probably was more exciting in its youth.
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This wine has been up and down. Last bottle great, this one okay. Not sure what is going on. I bought from two different wine stores? Maybe? anyway, not up to the usual Villa Creek Standands.
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Opened up beautifully after a one hour decant. Had great raspberry flavors backed up by cream and vanilla. Not sure I would age this more, as it is drinking so well now.
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4/21/2023 - wilypod wrote: 87 Points
Much more like a Spanish Garnacha than a Cotes du Rhone Grenache. Full bodied, decent varietal character, dark cherry, tree bark, raspberry and pepper. Fully evolved at ten years, but probably was more exciting in its youth.
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6/19/2020 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 92 Points
This was like liquid blueberries! Really nice wine. The one bottle that let me down was clearly a fluke.
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6/2/2020 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 89 Points
This wine has been up and down. Last bottle great, this one okay. Not sure what is going on. I bought from two different wine stores? Maybe? anyway, not up to the usual Villa Creek Standands.
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4/18/2020 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 92 Points
Opened up beautifully after a one hour decant. Had great raspberry flavors backed up by cream and vanilla. Not sure I would age this more, as it is drinking so well now.
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3/30/2020 - SLOFred Likes this wine: 93 Points
Sooooo much better than my last bottle. Full bodies, raspberry all over it. What I usually expect from Villa Creek.
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