2015 Brian Carter Cellars Byzance

Community Tasting Notes (11) Avg Score: 89.6 points

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  3/9/2022 - Rocks1970 wrote: 87 Points

  Dammit. I bought two of these. Totally meh at best. Will give next bottle as a white elephant.

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  3/9/2022 - ben7210 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Deep ruby. Floral nose with some wet leaves and some faint Chery and peach stone fruit notes. On the palate medium acidity, high tannin, medium alcohol, full body. Leads with earthy notes then peaches and cherries and some leather and tobacco on the finish. A bit muted but very good.

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  2/22/2022 - chrischap01 Likes this wine: 88 Points

  Good, but very funky when first opened. Ended up pouring a couple of ounces and then letting it sit for 24 hours before trying it again. Showed almost no fruit the first night, and we thought it might be corked because it had a slight wet cardboard smell to it. The second night it was much fruitier, but still had that funk in the background, but it tasted intentional - like the kind of funk you sometimes get from whole cluster fermentation. I saved one glass to try on day three, and it was a little less fruity and had a lot of black pepper and a little briny olive, but that cardboard funk smell was gone. Overall, I think it showed best on day two, so I'd probably recommend a 24 hour slow ox for this one.

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  1/29/2022 - goldgarf wrote: 86 Points

  Like a typical cotes du Rhone type of wine. Nothing special, but not bad.

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  1/11/2022 - dadsdrinkwinetoo Likes this wine:

  Silky dark fruits, with bits of pepper, exotic spice, a touch of scorched caramel. Nice balance throughout. Really solid wine and a nice QPR.

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