This is good stuff; especially for a village wine; certainly ripe, but for a '15 it has remarkable balance and great freshness; cherry, currant, and black raspberry, floral notes a bit of damp earth and just a hint of wood spice; mostly just pure fruit; not much sauvage or development; but the balance and depth are excellent and the fruit is killer. Great now for primary notes and fruit; plenty of upside.
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Thanksgiving 2023 (Dogwood Grove/Rock Spring, Virginia): This wine blew everyone away and easily won WOTN. Silky mouthfeel, a harmonious palate with complex red fruit and earthy notes (raspberry, rose petal, mushroom, toasted oak) and a long finish for a fairly gentle wine. Seemed to be in a perfect drinking window.
Quite similar to my first note this is singing right now. Beautiful bouquet of cherry liquor, some camphor and slight bacon and blood. The tannins are smooth and the the wine is medium to full-bodied.
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This drank beautifully from open although it decanted in 2 glasses for an hour while preparing the delicious mushroom tort it would accompany, and that certainly didn’t hurt. Very smooth and full of fruit and and a sort of metallic minerality that I really like in Burgundy.
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2/3/2024 - jnewman77 Likes this wine:
This is good stuff; especially for a village wine; certainly ripe, but for a '15 it has remarkable balance and great freshness; cherry, currant, and black raspberry, floral notes a bit of damp earth and just a hint of wood spice; mostly just pure fruit; not much sauvage or development; but the balance and depth are excellent and the fruit is killer. Great now for primary notes and fruit; plenty of upside.
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11/29/2023 - pgb67 wrote: 97 Points
Thanksgiving 2023 (Dogwood Grove/Rock Spring, Virginia): This wine blew everyone away and easily won WOTN. Silky mouthfeel, a harmonious palate with complex red fruit and earthy notes (raspberry, rose petal, mushroom, toasted oak) and a long finish for a fairly gentle wine. Seemed to be in a perfect drinking window.
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11/23/2023 - sjfunkenhauser wrote: 93 Points
Pale ruby
Medium (+) intensity aromas of manure, cream, ripe red cherry, cranberry, strawberry, dark cherry, all spice, cinnamon, violet, under brush, cola.
Medium (+) intensity palate.
Medium (-) body, high acidity, medium (-) tannin, long finish.
Absolutely sublime.
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7/23/2023 - Klugi Wine wrote: 93 Points
Quite similar to my first note this is singing right now. Beautiful bouquet of cherry liquor, some camphor and slight bacon and blood.
The tannins are smooth and the the wine is medium to full-bodied.
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7/16/2023 - ddingley wrote: 93 Points
This drank beautifully from open although it decanted in 2 glasses for an hour while preparing the delicious mushroom tort it would accompany, and that certainly didn’t hurt. Very smooth and full of fruit and and a sort of metallic minerality that I really like in Burgundy.
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