Pnp, no decant. Drank over 2-3 hours. Completely different than my previous bottle back in Dec 2018. Back then I noted that it was too flowery and perfumed for me, this bottle had no flowers or perfume, or even fruit for that matter - nothing here but overpowering smoked, BBQ’d meat. Not a big fan, but didn’t stop me from finishing the bottle
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Pop and pour and tasted without food. Dark puzrple color. Nose of black cherry, some smoke and cured meats. Wonderful floral element on the intro, with good dark fruits and that smokey woodsy notes. Interesting and delicious. The smoky element does not overpower the wine as there is sufficient fruit to balance the wine. Tasted the following day after having poured half the bottle into a 375ml bottle and re-corked. Still lively and fresh with dark cherry fruits and an inviting floral element. Delicious.
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Huge nose of smoke and campfire. I like this characteristic more than most, but this was overpowering initially. Dark luscious berries and pit fruit on the palate. Sappy red fruit and smoked herbs really made up the bulk of the notes in this wine.
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5/13/2020 - mdahar wrote: 90 Points
First day overwhelmed with smoke second day it blew off and was left with nice fruit. Not over the top Cali style
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1/31/2020 - Jarndyce wrote:
Pnp, no decant. Drank over 2-3 hours. Completely different than my previous bottle back in Dec 2018. Back then I noted that it was too flowery and perfumed for me, this bottle had no flowers or perfume, or even fruit for that matter - nothing here but overpowering smoked, BBQ’d meat.
Not a big fan, but didn’t stop me from finishing the bottle
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12/30/2018 - Jarndyce wrote:
Drank from decanter during Sunday football. Too flowery and perfumed for me. Much preferred the 2013 Myriad Sugarloaf that we opened after this one.
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5/29/2018 - t_moderne wrote: 91 Points
Pop and pour and tasted without food.
Dark puzrple color.
Nose of black cherry, some smoke and cured meats.
Wonderful floral element on the intro, with good dark fruits and that smokey woodsy notes. Interesting and delicious. The smoky element does not overpower the wine as there is sufficient fruit to balance the wine.
Tasted the following day after having poured half the bottle into a 375ml bottle and re-corked.
Still lively and fresh with dark cherry fruits and an inviting floral element.
Delicious.
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9/27/2017 - STM82 wrote: 91 Points
Huge nose of smoke and campfire. I like this characteristic more than most, but this was overpowering initially. Dark luscious berries and pit fruit on the palate. Sappy red fruit and smoked herbs really made up the bulk of the notes in this wine.
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