Day 1: Drinking nicely. Tart cherry with some barnyard funk. Earthier and less fruit forward than a couple years ago. Pleasant spice notes throughout. Vacu-vin'd for 2 days.... Day 3: Deep plum color. Nose of cherry cream (mlf?), funk (wet hay?) and some alcohol. Pretty similar nose to what I remember from the other night but didn't notice the alcohol then. It's not real strong now but it's there. Has not changed much on the palate. There is a creaminess to it yet at the same time I would say a "juicy" mouthfeel. Tart (but also slightly sour) cherry flavors combine with some vegetal/earthy/funky notes. Allspice on the entry all the way through the medium finish. Drink or hold up to 1-2 years.
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My last bottle. Still good, but definitely starting to show that's it's near the end. Kinda of muddled, and the "tang" is more of a general sourness. DRINK NOW.
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Opened up, had deep earthy tones with dark fruit notes. Fizzy disjointed palate on PnP. Vacuum sealed and will try again later to see how it comes out.
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Wine is on a downhill slide at this time. Fortunately this was my last bottle. If you still have this in your cellar drink it now and finish it in one night. By the end of the evening the wine had no flavor at all.
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10/16/2015 - ChipGreen wrote:
Day 1: Drinking nicely. Tart cherry with some barnyard funk. Earthier and less fruit forward than a couple years ago. Pleasant spice notes throughout. Vacu-vin'd for 2 days....
Day 3: Deep plum color. Nose of cherry cream (mlf?), funk (wet hay?) and some alcohol. Pretty similar nose to what I remember from the other night but didn't notice the alcohol then. It's not real strong now but it's there. Has not changed much on the palate.
There is a creaminess to it yet at the same time I would say a "juicy" mouthfeel. Tart (but also slightly sour) cherry flavors combine with some vegetal/earthy/funky notes. Allspice on the entry all the way through the medium finish. Drink or hold up to 1-2 years.
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1/11/2015 - foobarski Likes this wine: 86 Points
My last bottle. Still good, but definitely starting to show that's it's near the end. Kinda of muddled, and the "tang" is more of a general sourness.
DRINK NOW.
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1/24/2014 - blakel Likes this wine: 89 Points
Upside: it's a bit more pinot-like than a year ago. Downside: it has less overall character. Fine cheap pinot, good QPR.
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1/24/2014 - HWgeek wrote: 84 Points
Opened up, had deep earthy tones with dark fruit notes. Fizzy disjointed palate on PnP. Vacuum sealed and will try again later to see how it comes out.
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1/24/2014 - Pointerman1967 Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Wine is on a downhill slide at this time. Fortunately this was my last bottle. If you still have this in your cellar drink it now and finish it in one night. By the end of the evening the wine had no flavor at all.
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