2015 Rodney Strong Symmetry

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  2/17/2024 - Mark4w wrote: flawed

  Bought at discounted price from Gaspars as has been sitting on shelf too long. Wine was too old for not being cellared

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  2/24/2023 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Retail $65. Heavy bottle. Under DIAM30. 73% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 7% Cabernet Franc, 2% Malbec. When I tried this three weeks ago for a similar tasting event at my humble abode, I loved it. I still do, to no surprise. Dark, but not brooding in th glass with a panoply of black and blue fruit: blackberry, plum, cassis. While the fruit is certainly intense and at the front, there is also considerable spice behind it. Whoa. The palate follows suit as it is initially all about the fruit, so much so that it comes off as a bit round, even on the verge of flabby, but the acidity comes roaring in on the mid-palate. With. A. Vengeance. Whoa. This is wonderful now, with the tannins mostly integrated, but this will likely continue to evolve over the next 3, 5, 10 (?) years. Whoa.
  
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  2/5/2023 - The Drunken Cyclist Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Retail $65. 73% Cabernet Sauvignon with 10% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 7% Cabernet Franc & 2% Malbec. I conducted a wine tasting with three mini-verticals, and this was the second wine of the second threesome. Rather dark and shy in the glass with just a bit of dark fruit, mint, and eucalyptus coming through on the nose. The palate is far more expressive, though with intense dark fruit, a near-bracing tartness, and a well above-average finish. Yowza. I am a big fan of Rodney Strong in general, and I have stated that the Symmetry brand is under-priced and under-valued. This really is gorgeous.
  
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  10/30/2022 - Rudolph Schmidt wrote:

  73% Cabernet Sauvignon with 10% Merlot, 8% Petit Verdot, 7% Cabernet Franc & 2% Malbec. 20m in French oak.
  
  Decanted an hourish. Blackberry, a well stocked humidor, cherry, over steeped black tea, a hint of minerality, bakers chocolate, graphite. Flavors seemed well integrated & paired well with a strip loin & roasted potatoes.
  
  Nothing outstanding about this - just a solid wine.

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  7/27/2022 - wino121 wrote: 92 Points

  See previous notes,
  Killer..

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