2013 Chateau O'Brien Vintner's Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (2) Avg Score: 95 points

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  8/17/2022 - MRGeo Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Lots of time for this one, still has big acidity and right tannins. Nose has big heat, spicy cherries and raspberries. Color is DARK reddish purple, which was evident on heavily stained cork. Big complex flavors throughout, but rolls over the palate.
  Starts with smooth dark fruit, but quickly builds to bright acidic mixed berries. After 30 mins of decanting, this gained a big blueberry note on backend. Hangs on back of palate with added slight cedar and white pepper to accompany those mixed darker fruit. Enjoy now or hold onto for another 10 years!

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  5/30/2020 - MRGeo Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Amazing wine now, but this could easily get even better. Beautiful dark purple color. Nose of candied cherries, plums, and smokey dark chocolate. Bright red fruit that moves to dark fruit, velvet texture in middle, tight tannins on finish. This wine shows its Malbec, Petit Verdot, and Tannat grapes in a layered cake effect. This wine is going to continue to grow over next 5+ years. But easily a fantastic a big red wine now.

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