Decanted off minimal sediment and consumed over 3 hours from Zalto Burgundy glasses. Appropriately advanced color, flashes of salmon on the pour, but more crushed brick in the glass. Aroma of tart dried cherry, white pepper, dried orange peel. Palate has Cherry Heering, kirsch/slivovitz, mulling spices. On its own, it drinks a bit bigger than 14.2%, but the alcohol is less overt with food (duck sliders with Gruyere & caramelized onions) and the fruit shines. Tannins are fully integrated, a bit of a grippy finish. They say these should be consumed young(er than the SVDs), but I'm hard pressed to think this would have been any more enjoyable 5+ years ago.
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My last bottle. Improved without doubt over previous bottles consumed. Whilst lovely it definately has NW characteristics. Big ripe fruit, spice, oak. Largely fruit driven a little heavy but addictive.
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Expansive, saturated red fruit nose. Huge, muddled mouth of spicy, amorphous red fruit. Decent length. This wine is a nice example of a red fruit, Anderson valley wine.
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5/21/2018 - KL1191 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted off minimal sediment and consumed over 3 hours from Zalto Burgundy glasses. Appropriately advanced color, flashes of salmon on the pour, but more crushed brick in the glass. Aroma of tart dried cherry, white pepper, dried orange peel. Palate has Cherry Heering, kirsch/slivovitz, mulling spices. On its own, it drinks a bit bigger than 14.2%, but the alcohol is less overt with food (duck sliders with Gruyere & caramelized onions) and the fruit shines. Tannins are fully integrated, a bit of a grippy finish. They say these should be consumed young(er than the SVDs), but I'm hard pressed to think this would have been any more enjoyable 5+ years ago.
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1/31/2013 - western Likes this wine: 90 Points
My last bottle. Improved without doubt over previous bottles consumed. Whilst lovely it definately has NW characteristics. Big ripe fruit, spice, oak. Largely fruit driven a little heavy but addictive.
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5/25/2012 - lewrose@gmail.com wrote:
Singing!
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5/25/2012 - lewrose@gmail.com wrote:
Drinking beautifully. Balanced. a pleasure
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3/2/2012 - jbaron wrote: 90 Points
Expansive, saturated red fruit nose. Huge, muddled mouth of spicy, amorphous red fruit. Decent length. This wine is a nice example of a red fruit, Anderson valley wine.
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