Felt a bit flat. Tasted in blind taste test alongside other wines of lower prices; was definitely the best wine (smooth, oaky, earthy, structured)... but overall was too rounded without any high notes or complexity that really stuck out.
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Nose of dark fruit, lots of vanilla. Decent weight and good acid, finish was okay. Overall decent napa cab. Did let it decant for about an hour. Didn't improve much though from there.
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A little closed - but did show the napa nose. Dark fruits, oak (vanilla) with a touch of earth. Palette was welcoming though it was a tad thinner than I anticipated. Finish was decent
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This holy Smoke is still a bit tight. Unfortunately it did not make it to day 2 to see if the wine was able to relax and let the fruits out to play. The nose was tight but hints of dark fruits, pencil lead and leather rose from the glass.
On the palate the wine is soft but not giving up the full value of the grape just yet. I'll try another one next year and see if its blooming yet.
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2/17/2017 - ecola wrote: 90 Points
Rich and smooth dark fruit with some secondary flavors of leather and earth coming in. Moderate length finish with soft acidity.
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4/16/2016 - SARED Does not like this wine: 87 Points
Felt a bit flat. Tasted in blind taste test alongside other wines of lower prices; was definitely the best wine (smooth, oaky, earthy, structured)... but overall was too rounded without any high notes or complexity that really stuck out.
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6/14/2015 - Philman15 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Nose of dark fruit, lots of vanilla. Decent weight and good acid, finish was okay. Overall decent napa cab. Did let it decant for about an hour. Didn't improve much though from there.
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8/3/2014 - Whinojb wrote: 91 Points
A little closed - but did show the napa nose. Dark fruits, oak (vanilla) with a touch of earth. Palette was welcoming though it was a tad thinner than I anticipated. Finish was decent
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8/24/2013 - brouigu1 wrote: 88 Points
This holy Smoke is still a bit tight. Unfortunately it did not make it to day 2 to see if the wine was able to relax and let the fruits out to play. The nose was tight but hints of dark fruits, pencil lead and leather rose from the glass.
On the palate the wine is soft but not giving up the full value of the grape just yet. I'll try another one next year and see if its blooming yet.
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