1999 Sean Thackrey Orion Rossi Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 91.3 points

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  5/30/2022 - redz wrote: 91 Points

  interesting brambly. flavors, mildly acidic.

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  6/20/2021 - AndrewSGHall wrote:

  Most immaculate cork on a 21 year old bottle I've pulled. Gorgeous wine. Peak maturity with savory backbone to red cherry fruits with plenty of life and acidic spine. Herbal elements and a little smokiness. Balanced and suave.

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  3/22/2020 - imbibe wrote:

  Give it half an hour to open up and it sings. Goes from dark fruit to leather over 45+ seconds. There's some acid to keep it from ever being tedious.

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  2/22/2018 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  I purchased this on release from the winery, and held it in perfect storage since, but clearly it was too long in the tooth. Still fairly dense, it showed disjointed acidity, and a strange combination of tired, overly mature elements and overripe fruit, leading into a teeth rattling finish. The cork was absolutely perfect - no staining, solid, but the wine had gone in multiple directions at once, making for a not so pleasant overall experience.

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  7/4/2015 - Bill Bucklew wrote: 91 Points

  Very secondary nose with some Brett notes, saddle leather and earthy components, on the pallet more brambly fruit, BlackBerry, raspberry, it's a bit of a paradox in that it has acidic, red fruit mixed with slightly riper elements. Much better than the last bottle I would definitely give it some time to open up though couple hours. Minimum.

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