Properly cellared. This wine showed much better on day two than it did on day one. In fact, it was a completely different and far better experience. The muted fruits gave way to spice and floral notes and was heavily dominated by the spice of the Cab Franc. Patience has rewarded on this wine. A terrific job by the winemaker given that 2004 was the frost year in WA.
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Once again I find this wine to carry an elegant balance between ripe Washington fruit and fine tannin and acidity. The handsome boysenberry and currant fruit is becoming more and more accented by spice and herb. For this Teletubby's money Tim Sorenson is one of the most talented (and affordable) producers of Bordeaux blends in Washington.
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Vanilla and spice aromas offset by smokiness. Nice wine with rich red fruits and plush mouthfeel. Approachable now, but probably will not peak for at least two years. Plenty of acidity to last for awhile.
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This took awhile to fully develop and was at its best on day two. It offered up a lovely nose with red fruit, spice, floral notes and wonderful herbs with just a hint of sweet tobacco. Seemingly light when first opened this wine deepened considerably over two days ending up with current and boysenberry flavors riding on sweet fine tannin. This wine maker has a distinctive touch in making elegant almost feminine wines that make tremendous use of Washington State Cab Franc. Outstanding
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11/7/2013 - mattlennert Likes this wine: 90 Points
Properly cellared. This wine showed much better on day two than it did on day one. In fact, it was a completely different and far better experience. The muted fruits gave way to spice and floral notes and was heavily dominated by the spice of the Cab Franc. Patience has rewarded on this wine. A terrific job by the winemaker given that 2004 was the frost year in WA.
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12/8/2009 - tarheel17 wrote: flawed
I am on a roll here with corked wines.
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11/23/2008 - greenblanket wrote:
Once again I find this wine to carry an elegant balance between ripe Washington fruit and fine tannin and acidity. The handsome boysenberry and currant fruit is becoming more and more accented by spice and herb. For this Teletubby's money Tim Sorenson is one of the most talented (and affordable) producers of Bordeaux blends in Washington.
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8/23/2008 - GA_Seattle wrote: 88 Points
Vanilla and spice aromas offset by smokiness. Nice wine with rich red fruits and plush mouthfeel. Approachable now, but probably will not peak for at least two years. Plenty of acidity to last for awhile.
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5/18/2008 - greenblanket wrote:
This took awhile to fully develop and was at its best on day two. It offered up a lovely nose with red fruit, spice, floral notes and wonderful herbs with just a hint of sweet tobacco. Seemingly light when first opened this wine deepened considerably over two days ending up with current and boysenberry flavors riding on sweet fine tannin. This wine maker has a distinctive touch in making elegant almost feminine wines that make tremendous use of Washington State Cab Franc. Outstanding
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