Light nose. Palate is medium full, bright with grapey fruitiness. Delightful with Mediterranean pizza tonight. Uphill from the delightful terroir that produces Kim Crawford Pinot gris and Sauvignon blanc.
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Light nose with dark fruits. This carries to a medium bodied, deliciously balanced mouthfeel of fruitiness and acidity on the palate with silkiness and fine tannins. Delightful with marinara sauce over fusilli pasta. Heavenly with dark chocolate for dessert.
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{screwcap, 13.5%} Good garnet colour with that pinot translucency. The nose is quite developed, all malty and smoky. Palate does have a hint of mushroom (thanks, back label) along with dark black fruit, iodine, medium acid and medium/high finely gritty tannins. It's actually a bit light on for fruit, given its age, compared to the astringent qualities on the palate. Medium weight; not much mid- or back-palate, medium length finish. Palate misses the mark somehow, whereas the nose is fairly attractive, if a bit oaky. Not sure about cellaring this further either, to be honest.
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4/2/2021 - winot Likes this wine: 89 Points
Ditto to GRAEMEG's note, almost verbatim. I'm really waffling on this wine, one sip I like it, the next is meh...
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8/28/2020 - CourtlyDoc Likes this wine: 93 Points
Light nose. Palate is medium full, bright with grapey fruitiness. Delightful with Mediterranean pizza tonight. Uphill from the delightful terroir that produces Kim Crawford Pinot gris and Sauvignon blanc.
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7/3/2020 - vancouvermatt wrote: 90 Points
Dark fruited, but well balanced, only 13.5% alcohol. Ripe cherry, plum and clove notes on medium bodied frame with a good finish.
Has aged well, but didn't hold up well overnight when stored in half-bottle.
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6/9/2019 - CourtlyDoc wrote: 93 Points
Light nose with dark fruits. This carries to a medium bodied, deliciously balanced mouthfeel of fruitiness and acidity on the palate with silkiness and fine tannins. Delightful with marinara sauce over fusilli pasta. Heavenly with dark chocolate for dessert.
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1/15/2019 - graemeg wrote:
{screwcap, 13.5%} Good garnet colour with that pinot translucency. The nose is quite developed, all malty and smoky. Palate does have a hint of mushroom (thanks, back label) along with dark black fruit, iodine, medium acid and medium/high finely gritty tannins. It's actually a bit light on for fruit, given its age, compared to the astringent qualities on the palate. Medium weight; not much mid- or back-palate, medium length finish. Palate misses the mark somehow, whereas the nose is fairly attractive, if a bit oaky. Not sure about cellaring this further either, to be honest.
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