Great color. Spice and chocolate notes, some floral quality, savory herb. Great spicy cherry, youthful aroma. Round and super fruity entry, balanced now that it has been open a couple hours. Was initially fairly bright. Now showing some nice tannin integration, dark dried cherry. Good length.
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Opening Some Older Red Wine Treasures at Chateau Abee, Columbia, SC 7/20/2013 (Chateau Abee, Bakersfield Road, Columbia, SC): An old friend, this producer, and this vineyard never let us down. Back then Oregon Pinot Noir was just exiting the category of "hit or miss". It is time to drink up. The color is brownish and beginning to die. But, this is when you want to drink. We still get a serious lash of oak which evidently held thing together so far. The nose has some mature, mellow red fruit. The palate is solid 90 point layered and complex spicy maraschino cherry, red licorice, and mature vanilla. Things get better as we drink down the glass. Secondary flavors like tar and graphite enhance the richness. The oak, acid, and tannins have decided to harmonize. Super finish shows the emergence of dark fruit, especially blueberry with caramel, red licorice, wet earth a lingering blackberry.
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Deep garnet; black cherries, earth, mushrooms; dried cherry, medium body, good balance, fine tannins, nice finish. Refined balance of cherry fruit and earthiness. Enjoyed with cajun mussels at Pow Wow's.
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A little on the light side ... maybe the fruit is fading. The acidity is still bright with hints of cedar and light plummy/blueberry fruit. Drink up if you still are holding this one.
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11/22/2018 - La Randonnee Likes this wine:
Great color. Spice and chocolate notes, some floral quality, savory herb. Great spicy cherry, youthful aroma.
Round and super fruity entry, balanced now that it has been open a couple hours. Was initially fairly bright. Now showing some nice tannin integration, dark dried cherry. Good length.
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7/20/2013 - Mike Kopanski wrote: 90 Points
Opening Some Older Red Wine Treasures at Chateau Abee, Columbia, SC 7/20/2013 (Chateau Abee, Bakersfield Road, Columbia, SC): An old friend, this producer, and this vineyard never let us down. Back then Oregon Pinot Noir was just exiting the category of "hit or miss". It is time to drink up. The color is brownish and beginning to die. But, this is when you want to drink. We still get a serious lash of oak which evidently held thing together so far. The nose has some mature, mellow red fruit. The palate is solid 90 point layered and complex spicy maraschino cherry, red licorice, and mature vanilla. Things get better as we drink down the glass. Secondary flavors like tar and graphite enhance the richness. The oak, acid, and tannins have decided to harmonize. Super finish shows the emergence of dark fruit, especially blueberry with caramel, red licorice, wet earth a lingering blackberry.
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5/8/2012 - ColinR wrote: flawed
Corked.
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11/26/2008 - ColinR wrote: 90 Points
Deep garnet; black cherries, earth, mushrooms; dried cherry, medium body, good balance, fine tannins, nice finish.
Refined balance of cherry fruit and earthiness. Enjoyed with cajun mussels at Pow Wow's.
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1/21/2008 - BigTarheel wrote: 87 Points
A little on the light side ... maybe the fruit is fading. The acidity is still bright with hints of cedar and light plummy/blueberry fruit. Drink up if you still are holding this one.
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