2008 RdV Vineyards RdV

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 89.8 points

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  12/2/2018 - Sijan Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Really lovely red - fantastic pure fruit on the nose with good spice complexity, followed through on the palate. Very well-balanced on the palate with good acidity and moderate tannins producing a sophisticated mouthfeel. Impressive stuff that I can easily see standing up to some top Bordeaux reds.
  
  Aged 10 years then popped & poured. Was quite open from the get go.

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  9/30/2017 - TC16 wrote: 90 Points

  Better than I was expecting. This was, I'm fairly sure, the debut wine of RdV. Lots of plums, cassis, a little vanilla, touch of shoe leather. Give it time to breath as the tannins are pretty drying when first opens. I suspect this has a medium term life ahead of itself, but don't have a ton of experience aging VA wine. Is it worth the cost? In absolute terms probably not. But, it's one of the best VA wines I've had and it's fun to support the local industry.

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  5/9/2015 - TheWinedown wrote: 89 Points

  So much hype left me a bit disappointed. A good wine no doubt, and well made. To me though, it was too extracted and too oaked. Dense plum color, nose of vanilla (oak), plums, cassis, blackberry, and some leather. Similar descriptors on the palate. Heavy sharp tannins, medium acidity, medium-plus body. Long length. Some sediment at the bottom of the bottle.
  
  Drank over two days and the tasting notes remain fairly similar although the tannins mellowed out much more the second night which was most helpful. If you open this now, give it a long decant. I wish I had left this for another five years. Better yet, I wish I hadn't paid $80 for the bottle at all.

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  4/28/2012 - TwoSmoochies wrote: 87 Points

  I probably would have given this a few more points if it wasn't so expensive.

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  12/1/2011 - wrrntl wrote:

  I do not drink much VA wine but this one is serious. I don't usually like this style (at all) but this wine compelled me at least to return to the glass. Very pure fruit with plum and spice. A hint of greenness on the backend, maybe Cab Franc or VA climat coming through ;)

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