2019 RR Poet Alliteration PineBrake Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (4) Avg Score: 93.3 points

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Amerique's profile
  • Report Issue

  12/3/2023 - Amerique wrote: 93 Points

  Rich, delicious creamy black cherry fruit with cassis flavors, very integrated, excellent structure, lighter on tannins, long finish, seemed to lack depth to warrant its higher price, nevertheless, very enjoyable

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View BigWineMan's profile
  • Report Issue

  9/23/2023 - BigWineMan Likes this wine: 95 Points

  This is another great buy from Full Pull. Jeremy Young scores this one a 96 and I'm not quite there right now, but I think this will definitely improve with time. The 2019 RR Poet "Alliteration" is a blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc, and 15% Merlot with a full-bodied and richly textured profile. Notes of blackberry, cassis, blueberry, pencil lead, earth, cedar, and mint on the nose. There is an intricate interplay of flavors, including blackberry, cassis, tar, wild mint, eucalyptus, vanilla bean, dark chocolate, and espresso. The wine's refreshing acidity provides a high-toned lift on the long finish, echoing with tones of violets, cassis, gravel, and dried sage for well over one minute. A very intriguing wine.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View BRR's profile
  • Report Issue

  7/24/2023 - BRR Likes this wine:

  This a good wine: nice fruit, a tad bit of alcohol showed on the nose, very long finish. The nose was more savory than the palate. As the prior TN author wrote, this is drinking well now. In my opinion, not good QPR based on the $85+ cost, from a WA State wine to boot when there are many awesome options available at the sub-$50 range. Get ride of the really annoying paper strip over the capsule, please!

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

• Options

  • Post a Comment
  • View Odedis.Wine.reviews's profile
  • Report Issue

  11/25/2022 - Odedis.Wine.reviews Likes this wine: 92 Points

  A very pretty color of dark ruby with a wide reddish rim.
  
  Nose of black plums, currants, oak, light vegetables, herbs, tobacco leaf, light earth, dark chocolates and black pepper.
  
  Medium plus in body and elegant with medium acidity.
  
  Dry on the palate with blackberries, black currants, plums, cooked cherries, oak, light vanilla, spices, dark chocolates, coffee, peppercorn, earth, black tea, tobacco leaf and light earth.
  
  Long finish with fine grained tannins and tangy raspberries.
  
  This is a delicious Cabernet Sauvignon based Bordeaux blend from Washington state. Showing nice complexity already. Elegant, focused and smooth.
  
  Still very young, and will continue to age nicely in the next 10 to 15 years. Has good potential to become a 94+ wine.
  
  Needs 2 hours to open up properly, so give it time as it is well worth it.
  
  I liked the palate more than the nose, and I'm sure it's going to change in the next few years.
  
  Feels more like a Left Bank Bordeaux. Elegant and restrained.
  
  This single Vineyard is tangy and spicy. A good quality wine that is beginning to drink very nicely now.
  
  A good wine to have with friends and talk about. Good by itself or with food.
  
  A blend of 70% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc and 15% merlot. A small production of less than 2,000 bottles.
  
  14% alcohol by volume.
  
  92 points.
  
  $85.

  Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment

Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.