GRAND TASTING #2: Decanted for 2 hrs. 90 mins glass time. Clear, dark purple/red color. Med, concentrated Grenache nose. This is great stuff. Superbly balance/integrated, med/full body, bacon, red fruit, black cherry, silky, smooth, rich, seamless, merlot-like, soft edges, resolved tannins, very long proper finish. Not hot or extracted. No reason to wait although this will keep a long time yet. Outstanding juice, nothing off.
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Grenache Night 2023 (Black Sheep, Santa Barbara, CA): Silky, rich and energetic, with the freshness I recall from the best bottles but which was lacking in the last one I tried. Herbal notes alongside the ripe fruit. Very good concentration. Seamless and irresistible. Wears its alcohol level well (16.5%, contrary to the label, which says 15%).
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Superb nose of morning roasted bacon, herbes de Provence, black salty cherries, mine de crayon, hint of mineral … Very very sappy black cherries, strawberries, lenght of 45 sec, still a lot of potential ahead!!
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Seriously lovely. Hard to believe it's Grenache. Lovely though slightly subdued nose. Dark color, looks viscous. Silky smooth but big. Long finish. Delightfully complex.
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2/19/2024 - Barry Notes Likes this wine: 95 Points
GRAND TASTING #2: Decanted for 2 hrs. 90 mins glass time. Clear, dark purple/red color. Med, concentrated Grenache nose. This is great stuff. Superbly balance/integrated, med/full body, bacon, red fruit, black cherry, silky, smooth, rich, seamless, merlot-like, soft edges, resolved tannins, very long proper finish. Not hot or extracted. No reason to wait although this will keep a long time yet. Outstanding juice, nothing off.
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10/21/2023 - Handy1 wrote: 97 Points
Dark fruit some funk when opened on the nose. Splash decanted and blew off. Drinking very well tannins silky
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7/21/2023 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 96 Points
Grenache Night 2023 (Black Sheep, Santa Barbara, CA): Silky, rich and energetic, with the freshness I recall from the best bottles but which was lacking in the last one I tried. Herbal notes alongside the ripe fruit. Very good concentration. Seamless and irresistible. Wears its alcohol level well (16.5%, contrary to the label, which says 15%).
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6/3/2023 - Philippe_C wrote: 98 Points
Superb nose of morning roasted bacon, herbes de Provence, black salty cherries, mine de crayon, hint of mineral … Very very sappy black cherries, strawberries, lenght of 45 sec, still a lot of potential ahead!!
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2/27/2023 - Sourdough Likes this wine: 96 Points
Seriously lovely. Hard to believe it's Grenache. Lovely though slightly subdued nose. Dark color, looks viscous. Silky smooth but big. Long finish. Delightfully complex.
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