I had received this wine in error - was supposed to get the 2012 with an order at a wine store, but was given the 2011 by mistake.
Moderate fruit and strong tannins. Seemed over extracted and tannic as one would expect from a bad vintage where they were trying to get more fruit.
Flavors of dark and sour cherry, vanilla with strong tannins. Improved somewhat with a lot of air time. This isn't great now, but may smooth out to something decent in 5 or 6 years.
Returned all the remaining bottles for the 2012, which is a much nicer wine for the money.
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tasted this at Wine Legend. Shows surprisingly nice fruit for a $20ish price, but at this point does not finish that well. Tannins are still grippy, although this could have aging potential. With 5 years of patience, you might end up with a very nice cab.
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6/13/2016 - Redrunners wrote: 85 Points
I had received this wine in error - was supposed to get the 2012 with an order at a wine store, but was given the 2011 by mistake.
Moderate fruit and strong tannins. Seemed over extracted and tannic as one would expect from a bad vintage where they were trying to get more fruit.
Flavors of dark and sour cherry, vanilla with strong tannins.
Improved somewhat with a lot of air time. This isn't great now, but may smooth out to something decent in 5 or 6 years.
Returned all the remaining bottles for the 2012, which is a much nicer wine for the money.
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5/12/2015 - ToniTony Likes this wine: 86 Points
Good taste and bouquet but does not finish well.
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11/8/2014 - laxman wrote: 88 Points
tasted this at Wine Legend. Shows surprisingly nice fruit for a $20ish price, but at this point does not finish that well. Tannins are still grippy, although this could have aging potential. With 5 years of patience, you might end up with a very nice cab.
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11/2/2013 - bbuono wrote: 79 Points
Overall thin and small
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