2012 SonkinCellars Unmasked

Community Tasting Notes (21) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  11/6/2021 - fred o. Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Per back label, mostly grapes from Halcon Vineyards. Some from White Hawk in Santa Barbara.
  50% new and 50% neutral oak barrel aging.
  
  Dark burgundy violet. Some sediment on bottle side.
  Nose dark fruit with some wildness, a floral tinge.
  Palate still a bit shy, with time more of a dark fruited note, a mineral core. Benefits with air, would decant next time.

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  7/3/2021 - fred o. Likes this wine: 91 Points

  50% new and 50% neutral oak.
  Mostly from Halcon vineyard.
  
  Opaque violet.
  Nose initially a vanilla fruity note. Dark fruit.
  Palate red fruits, stony, some black fruits with time. Good structure to go with the fruit, would decant next time or have with a steak

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  2/12/2021 - fitchbuck wrote: 89 Points

  Heavy on the savory, pepper-leather-olive; light on any sweetness of fruit. This is a pleasant, if not ho-hum middling offering ... with little going in the excitement arena. At the community tarriff of 45 bones - I could find many Wa. syrahs to blow this out of the water. [Cali upcharge, check.] Luckily I randomly scored it for sub-30 on auction.

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  5/9/2020 - Bob H wrote:

  Felt like doing something a little different today. From the label, most of the grapes here came from the Halcon Vineyard, and on the nose I'm definitely getting that pepper accent I would expect in a Northern Rhone.
  
  Nicely expansive on the palate, with a pepper note here as well; a big, yet balanced wine. I'm not doing it any favors by trying it without food, but despite that, I'm enjoying this.

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  12/29/2017 - David_T wrote: 91 Points

  Tasted alongside the '13 Unmasked and '12/13 Halcon Alturas. Notes from day two. Of the bunch this bottle had the most herbal/spicy notes, apparent up front on both the nose and palate. Underneath is pleasant red/black fruit, red/black licorice, a bit of pepper/olive/oak. Medium acid/tannins. Drinking well now with a bit of air but I look forward to seeing where this goes over the next several years as I anticipate everything will integrate even more.

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