2017 Double Canyon Ciel du Cheval Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 89.4 points

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  12/26/2023 - CheapAndBest Likes this wine:

  Served with prime NY steak au poivre with grilled asparagus and cauliflower sides. Maybe a 2 hour decant
  Was decent. Did its job. Broadly complementary. More unoffensive than tasty.
  A powerhouse grilled meat intensifier it is not. More a roast chicken accompaniment

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  9/9/2023 - sfwinelover1 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  First of 2 ($22.99@) with 2 prior bottles given away from online clearinghouse #1, brought to dinner with Steve. On the nose and palate, medium powerful notes of dark berry compote, black cherries, red and black currants, plums, dark earth, cinnamon, cloves, classic Pac NW forest floor, green pepper, moderate notes of oak and vanilla and a slight dark chocolate note. Dark purple, medium to full bodied, medium legs. Medium+ tannins, medium- acidity, no heat. VG complexity, intensity and persistence. PnP. Fairly short note here, as we were mostly talking and eating over the course of the hour and a half this was open. Not an obvious choice with spicy Indian food, this outperformed that spec, perhaps because of the wine’s somewhat piquant nature. Good to go on opening, this smoothed out more during the time we drank it so that it was just a bit better, to my palate, at the end than the beginning. More interesting than the average CS-BDX blend at my price point (not that I’m drinking many wines at this price point, so you can take that with a grain of salt), I’d be a lot less inspired at the winery’s $65 price, if anyone is actually paying that. This is in its drinking window and has the stuffing to stay there, perhaps even incrementally improving, over the next few years. CT score bang on. 89+

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  2/28/2023 - CheapAndBest Likes this wine:

  Good finish. Can handle spice. Bright. No bothersome oak
  ..day 1 did well with turkish lamb kofta kababs
  ..day 2 held up to Rick Bayless pork tacos with amped up heat
  Competes with many similar WA wines at price point...so no QPR bonus

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  7/23/2022 - RichardsEric1 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Update to my last tasting note. This bottle has been open 24 hours now.
  
  Color. Dark, dark red.
  
  Nose. Cherries, cloves, violets, currant jam, blackberry compote. It's super dark and inky.
  
  Palate. Cherries, tannins, chocolate, cocoa, bright acidity. This wine is so yummy.

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  3/13/2022 - WY Leonidas Likes this wine: 91 Points

  Very purple, opaque. Green aromas hit me first, eucalyptus and sage, then some red fruit, graphite, cranberry bog. Medium bodied, nice minerality, and right tannins. Green moss, tobacco, red currant. Coffee finish? Very good Bordeaux style blend. This is in a good place now, with any raw oak aged out, but I sort of wish I waited to open this for a couple years, and don't have more.

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