2018 L'Aventure Optimus 20th Anniversary

Community Tasting Notes (29) Avg Score: 92.4 points

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  3/18/2024 - aresy wrote:

  The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like blueberry and prune. It tastes like blueberry and black currant (cassis). The body is medium/full. The wine has fleshy texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.

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  10/28/2023 - RayT Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Drank this with the Chili for our neighborhood Halloween Chili Cook Off. A dark ruby in color with flavors of cassis, dark cherry, violet and spices. This was a big, bold, Syrah blend that I gave an hour decant but could have used 2-3 hours. Pretty big tannins which I don't mind.
  
  I bought this at the winery and all the L'aventure 2018's we tasted through that day had pretty big tannins. First bottle of this vintage and will probably lay down the rest for at least a year before the next one. I drink both this wine and the L'aventure estate cuvee and both have a great QPR. I do find that these wines need to slumber for a while. This wine should gain a point or even two with additional bottle age.

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  9/1/2023 - Countless Likes this wine: 92 Points

  You can always taste the PV in this cuvée. Delicious

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  6/9/2023 - dino_mike Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This bottle is very different than my last. Maybe its in a closed stage.
  Firm, grainy tannins and initially (and for the 1st bottle half) its all chocolate and earthyness (which is fine, pleasant) then a short, almost tannic finish until it eventually shows the fruit and a smoother ending but you still get dry tannins at the end.

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  4/21/2023 - kanab ram Likes this wine:

  Very young but still great. Significantly improved after being opened 24 hours.

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