2012 Calder Wine Company Charbono

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 88 points

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  5/14/2016 - diggydan wrote: 90 Points

  Dark fruit and and a leathery/woodsy element to the nose. The palate is spicy and woodsy with dark berry flavors. Looking back at my note on the 2011 I wonder if this wine is so different or if my palate is really this unreliable.

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  4/15/2016 - Millennial Drinkers wrote: 87 Points

  NFN, purplish hue, dark fruits on the nose. Palate has quite a bit of acidity. Almost Italian like. But is singular.

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  5/6/2015 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 85 Points

  7% Solution, SF 2015 (SF): V: Dark ruby, near opaque.
  N: A bit of refermentation? Lambic character. Green olive character, verging on pyrazines or stem inclusion.
  P: Structured, savory, warm green olive tones with good acidity. Driven by warm, green, baked flavors. Very nice!
  
  "2.75 tons were harvested on October 5th, with another 3.7 tons arriving on October 17th. All lots were destemmed, but not crushed, and fermented in small ¾-ton T-bins with two hand punch-downs every day during fermentation, which lasted approximately 20 days. 50% of the lots fermented on the strength of their native yeasts. The 2012 matured for 16 months in oak barrels, with one new French oak puncheon representing 18% of the total, before being bottled on March 31st, 2014 with neither fining nor filtration."
  
  Harvest Date October 5th and 17th
  Alcohol 12.6%
  PH 3.68
  TA 0.638g/100mLs
  Production 276 cases
  $28
  Around 8.5

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