Beautiful dark rich ruby color. Mint, eucalyptus, chocolate, vanilla, and mint on a really exotic nose. Tart, sweet, and sour. Pomegranates, cranberries, wild strawberries, spiced mulberries, and a chocolate-red cherry finish. I have never had a California wine like this. Fascinating and delicious.
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Nose is slightly muted. Surprisingly, there's almost no tannic grip on this, but a classic claret feel to it, cool climate fruit, some cassis and pencil shavings, good freshness, elegant. If more cabernet was like this, I'd be drinking more of it, for sure.
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Dense color. Big deep earthy cherry blackberry nose with fresh acidity. Smooth but edgy initial mouth feel with dark fruit building in acidity to a long, complex finish. Great minerality. Lighter than typical Cali Cab but light on its feet and vivid. I feel like I am getting a a light taste of underripe, or is it simply less ripe, stems and seeds. Drinking nicely but should easily evolve and remain interesting for 5 years. To me a very interesting red.
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11/22/2023 - paulst Likes this wine: 93 Points
Light fruit with some blueberry; soft and lean; moderate finish.
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4/22/2023 - mamyers139 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Sonoma, light and crisp.
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3/12/2021 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautiful dark rich ruby color. Mint, eucalyptus, chocolate, vanilla, and mint on a really exotic nose. Tart, sweet, and sour. Pomegranates, cranberries, wild strawberries, spiced mulberries, and a chocolate-red cherry finish. I have never had a California wine like this. Fascinating and delicious.
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12/25/2017 - Omar Khayyam Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nose is slightly muted. Surprisingly, there's almost no tannic grip on this, but a classic claret feel to it, cool climate fruit, some cassis and pencil shavings, good freshness, elegant. If more cabernet was like this, I'd be drinking more of it, for sure.
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11/24/2017 - Sourdough Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dense color. Big deep earthy cherry blackberry nose with fresh acidity. Smooth but edgy initial mouth feel with dark fruit building in acidity to a long, complex finish. Great minerality. Lighter than typical Cali Cab but light on its feet and vivid. I feel like I am getting a a light taste of underripe, or is it simply less ripe, stems and seeds. Drinking nicely but should easily evolve and remain interesting for 5 years. To me a very interesting red.
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