2010 RdV Vineyards Lost Mountain

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 91.2 points

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  4/22/2022 - Tsliwinski Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Tasted against Octagon, this was the showier wine. Has nice fruit, some game and forest floor all in a nice long-lasting full palate.

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  2/6/2021 - danonnet Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Stored at basement temp for 8 years. Opened, aerated and decanted about 20 minutes prior to eating. Pan sauteed Chilean Sea Bass over a bed of pureed parsnip and pan roasted fresh brussels with a veggie ginger infused broth to finish the plate. After that effort the wine hit the spot. Drinking well, but I'd drink the 2010s now or very soon. (The wife is cleaning up as I type this so I'm typing really slow). 😉😁

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  9/14/2020 - Lobonick Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Great wine. Warm licorice, red and black fruit, incense, nutmeg, and a sweetly loamy earth. Palate is rich, creamy, and attention-grabbing. Balanced and has a very long, sweet spice-driven finish. Toffee, new leather, and espresso round out this wine. Excellent!

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  6/21/2020 - mcbrown76 Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Best red wine made East of the Mississippi...this wine is perfect now but has 5-7 really good years left...

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  8/8/2018 - timewithwine wrote:

  A blend of 36% Merlot and 64% Cabernet Sauvignon throwing shades of plum from the rim to its dense core. While the nose delivers blackberry, cranberry and pepper it also gives off a distinct sharpness of acidity. Despite the acidity, the mouthfeel is smooth, the tannins round, but unresolved. Mocha builds to the finish, but disconnects due to acidity. Like the Hodder Hill, the finish isn’t long, but it does satisfy. Recommended.
  
  Tasted blind with huge grilled slabs of beef ribeyes the night before PM leaves for a full-time job as a journalist Iowa. 14.5% alc. 08.08.18. DD guessed that both were California wines. PM guessed French, then said, “but if they aren’t French, then they are Virginia wines.” Both of them thought the Hodder Hill was older than the RdV.
  
  Tasted along side a Glen Manor Hodder Hill of the same vintage with the following notes: A blend of 69% Cab, 21% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot coming together to create a blood red rim with a plum core that is almost, but not quite opaque. The nose shows blackberry, mocha, cinnamon and a slight truffle note. The palate is married to the nose with a smooth and silky mouthfeel. Neither wine delivers a long finish, but the sweet red fruits here is reined in just shy of being jammy. A smoky finish of tobo adds yet one more layer of pleasure. Balance - which this wine did not display in 2015 - is now the watchword. The wine is a beautiful example of what Virginia wine can be. Recommended.

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