2019 Hill Family Estate "The Barrel Blend"

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  3/17/2024 - WineBurrowingWombat Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Blind tasting (5 bottles in $10 - $500 range) (The Sumoba compound): Nose: Soft red florals, soft purple fruits, tobacco type of spice with a gentle heat. Fruits are light and welcoming, showing some fun characteristics like pure gummy notes.
  
  Palate: Gentle red fruits, some heat or softly spiced wet oak, damp top soil, and gentle bitter stones on the finish. The pure gummy note (neon berries) also is reflected on the palate with little time.
  
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  3/17/2024 - bsumoba Likes this wine: 92 Points

  But, you can buy 5 for the price of 1...: Good acid. Lots of blue fruit on the palate. Maybe slightly one dimensional. Backend pyrazine note for me that I had a hard time overcoming but despite that, this wine was good. Good value for $22.

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  10/21/2023 - sdwineguru Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Good $25 Napa red 2019 Hill Family Estate "The Barrel Blend". Similar to previous note. Mid-garnet, rim variation, viscous (14.8 alc.); herbaceous, ripe grape, berry nose; mid acids; mid+ tannins; medium depth; semi-long berry finish; opens with air. w/meat loaf. 16 UC Davis scale, 90 other scales.

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  7/11/2023 - Riveravm wrote: 90 Points

  Good table wine

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

  $25 Napa red 2019 Hill Family Estate "The Barrel Blend". Mid garnet, viscous (14.8 alc.); ripe grape, berries, cassis nose; mid acids; mid+tannins; good fruit; semi-long berry and black fruit finish, a little hot. 16-16.5 UC Davis scale, 90-91 other scales.

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