2015 Owen Roe Red Wine Yakima Valley

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  8/8/2023 - Josch48 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Opaque black cherry color to the rim, with a boisterously aromatic nose, presenting with aromas of concentrated black and blue fruit, and a sweet bouquet of the four varietals (Merlot-36%, Cabernet Sauvignon-32%, Cabernet Franc -28%, and Malbec-4%), wrapped in a subtle thin veil of dusty smoked wine barrels.
  This 14.1% ABV blend, sans food, has a lighter than expected mouthfeel, in spite of its apparently well extracted visual appearance had initially implied, invoking a Saint-Julien identity per the winemakers’ oenophilic finesse from grapes grown in the central southern Columbia Valley, Washington etiology.
  The very pleasing fruit flavors are more brilliant than opulent, and form an hour glass shape, thinning out in mid palate and modestly reappearing on the long and gossamer finish.
  This wine is reminiscent (although expertly vinified, being more modest and less concentrated), of sophisticated Alexander Valley, California red blends.
  This wine is a definite bargain and, although it has the endearing tannic quality of a dry, dusty Chianti Classico Reserve, it possesses a beautiful fruit profile.

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  7/22/2019 - Nati Winos Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Liked it more than expected.

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  5/17/2019 - srh Likes this wine:

  Decanted ≈75 min into a plastic, cylindrical pitcher which was then closed; Private Preserve after Day 1
  
  Per the label, 36% Merlot, 32% C.S., 28% C.F., & 4% Malbec
  
  N: Slightly closed; Choc SLIGHTLY atop ripe berries, poss notes of pyrazines? Intensity lurking?
  
  P: Med body; RNDISH entry with NICE, almost swtish frt met by astringent pucker which only somewhat works its way out by the LONG, SPICY finish with a tangy/bitterness to the dusty tannins. // Day 3: For many palates (I suspect), a MUCH more attractive wine today! IF you've any more of this, consider giving it WAY > air than I did, or cellaring it through '21 min?
  
  ∑: 14.1% ABV; My VG+ right NOW, though with potential for 1-2 notches higher... eventually. [As of late May '19, wine-searcher still shows 2 *DRASTICALLY* skewed sources: $33 & $88!]

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