2013 Larkmead Vineyards Firebelle

Community Tasting Notes (36) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  4/19/2024 - beatles wrote: 92 Points

  Young, but approachable, certainly with a good ribeye. Chocolate, tobacco, sweet black fruit, intense, concentrated. Will keep well for 10 years, hard to resist now - nor should you.

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  4/6/2024 - srshane Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Better right out of the bottle. It did not age well overnight. Drink up

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  3/20/2024 - prism wrote: 91 Points

  Brought to a restaurant; decanted for a half hour. Deep and dark; not a lot of layers. Shapely tannins, black fruit. Excellent.

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  2/25/2024 - sdahar Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Changed constantly during the first 2 hrs. Started off as surprisingly fruit forward and changed to a smooth and sophisticated palate of tannins. Truly wonderful. If you are looking for a big Napa red, this definitely is not it.

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  1/14/2024 - jsmadsen Does not like this wine: 88 Points

  Purchased from the winery and stored well since. Disappointing how bad this is—simultaneously dilute and over-oaked, with a very thin mid-palate and acrid finish. There is no fruit to balance the tannin or considerable alcohol. Not better on day two. Doubly disappointing at this price point.

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