2011 Gemstone Estate Red

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 90.2 points

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  4/5/2023 - Baron Slick wrote: 93 Points

  Attractive bouquet of black cherries, cedar, earth, mint, and eucalyptus. Dry yet succulent, very tactile, with lovely weight, purity, bottle age complexity, and flavorsome persistence on the tasty finish.

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  11/30/2020 - Neecies Likes this wine:

  Though another bottle was a dud earlier this year, this bottle was delightful. Bright berry and tobacco flavors, and good concentration and relaxed tannins made for an elegant mouthfeel. One of the few California '11s I've had recently that didn't disappoint.

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  2/29/2020 - Neecies Does not like this wine: 75 Points

  Decanted an hour before dinner (lots of sediment) only to find plodding flavors drug down by heavy oak and low acid. We struggled thru a glass apiece and dumped the rest.

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  9/2/2019 - wmccone54 wrote: 92 Points

  Due to the cold, wet vintage in 2011, most Napa reds became “tainted” through the wine press; and as such, many knowledgeable consumers avoided the vintage. Subsequently, there were a number of high quality, outstanding wines that sold at a huge discount...this is one of those wines.
  
  Decanted and enjoyed with smoked beef short ribs. Wonderful aromatics displaying black coffee, wet earth, mint, purple violets, sweet cinnamon, graphite, blackberry, black cherry, and black plum. The primary flavors are more in a support role, which piques my interest. The balance is there with structure in equilibrium with fruit and oak. Long finish. Still in development; cellaring should easily support another 5-7 years of enjoyment.

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  8/19/2019 - bplant13 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Wow has this improved! PnP which held this back a little. While the nose is a little muted, a had a big body with bold red and black berries. Integrated tannins and good acidity. Long finish. A great improvement since 3 years ago. Gives me great hope for aging my 12s and 13s for several more years.

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