2012 Sans Liege Grenache En Gedi Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  9/26/2020 - DStone Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Nice acidity and good balance. As was stated by rexmerlot, this wine looks more aged than 7 years in the bottle. A fine effort from Curt.

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  6/29/2018 - rexmerlot Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Clear garnet in color. Looks much older in glass than 6 years. On nose dark chocolate, tobacco, leather, and dried fruit. Nice acidity, med body, elegant tannins, well balanced, black licorice, dark chocolate, spice, dried cranberry on palate. Very nice wine.

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  2/16/2018 - Primordialsoup Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Strawberry nose with clean rich entry. Nice mouthfeel as this glides to mid-palate with more strawberry, supple fruit, an herbal note, a spicy tinge, and enough acidity to put all in balance. Chewy tannins add to the satisfying texture. Really a yummy Grenache that is in a good place right now.

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  7/15/2017 - srh wrote:

  Game of Rhones (The WineSellar & Brasserie, San Diego, CA): 100% Grenache from Santa Barbara Highlands Vineyard Alta Mesa Block (Grenache Noir Clone) and Block J (Alban and 136 Clone); 20% whole cluster & 80% destemmed frt was fermented in open top fermentors, then aged 22 mos in FR oak, 7% new puncheons, 42% neutral puncheons, & 51% 2nd fill barriques; 14 Barrels produced; 15.5% ABV
  
  N: Slightly closed; Smoky, toast, with some spice?
  
  P: Med body; ALMOST swtish frt (with some heat?) met by tannic pucker which only somewhat resolves by the LONG, somewhat tannic, slightly bitter finish. NEEDS time, but then? 92 pts WA. [If anyone is interested, wine-searcher still shows one mid-May 2018 source @ $39.99.]

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  7/5/2017 - King of all vines wrote: 92 Points

  Delicious.

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