2015 Cramele Recaș Cuvée Uberland

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 92 points

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  3/13/2021 - Bin707LoversDetroit Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Cracked another beauty tonight. This one was better than the bottle last month, but not as good as our December 2019 opening.
  
  There are very few wines that straddle the line between the Earth and the fruit... This bottle does that. If you love fruit bombs (Caymus type) you'll understand this aspect of vin pleasure, and discover a hint of rich sweetness in this package.
  
  If you're a terroir discerner, this earthy, loamy, hint of forest green vin (aged Montepulciano type) offers pleasures worth telling your friends of, as well!
  
  Bust out the Gruyère and grapes and turn on Breaking Bad, Ozark, or Yellowstone.
  
  Settle in, you might need two bottles...
  
  Oh, and call us to join, please!!!
  
  Noroc!!!

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  2/28/2021 - Bin707LoversDetroit Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Prior notes apply, but does not seem quite as memorable as earlier openings... Perhaps 4-5 years was its peak. We'll see with what we still have. Drink up!

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  12/27/2019 - Bin707LoversDetroit Likes this wine: 93 Points

  A spectacular vin! We brought this single bottle beauty (wish we had CASES) back from the Romanian vineyard, Cramele Recas in Summer '18. Racked since.
  
  Opened last night with friends in the industry (guess we really like them). We poured, it showed an excellent backbone and acid to hold up for years. We decanted and let it sit for a while.
  
  Its nose, after some air was gorgeous. It developed into a smoky, dusty, tobacco, graphite – earthy rich dense vin. Yet its fruit held up, supported and still balanced in, offering one of the best, most integrated bottles we’re ever had.
  
  Our friend in the industry, an importer (and fellow CT user), was all googlie-eyed. He said “95 pts on the nose and midpalate alone.”
  
  Another vin offering true complexity; changing throughout the pour. It had a beautiful, lengthy finish which just left us longing for the next sip. It stayed with us long after the bottle was empty.
  
  We’ll be talking about this one for a while. If this was for sale in the States, it’d likely go for $70-$90… And be worth it. It'll just keep getting better & better with rack time. SO WISH we had more.
  
  Update Note: 2020/11/16 We found it at Drink Dispatch in MO. Bought 6 fof $39 per. So happy!!!
  
  This vin is every bit as good, lush, big and complex as Penfolds' legendary (and one of our fav's) Bin 389...
  
  Well, another trip to Europe must be in store!!!
  
  (Yes, that's a Timisoreana bottle in the background of our pic. MORE YUM!!!)
  
  Viata e buna!
  
  Noroc!!!

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  10/23/2017 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:

  single vineyard wine made only in good vintages partially from grapes that are dried on the vine
  Plummy nose, some graphite and a little dried fruit character
  Very smooth tannins, smoky, fresh acidity
  I think this needs a little longer in bottle but could be good

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