2005 Robert Sinskey Vineyards Merlot Los Carneros

Community Tasting Notes (16) Avg Score: 85.9 points

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  11/13/2021 - WineGeek1989 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  On the nose- Big dark fruits, plums, dark broody cherries, dark blueberries, cassis, dark blackberries, pencil lead, leather, baking spices, cedar, bay leaf's, oak, vanilla
  
  On the palate- Big dark fruits and plums, dark broody cherries, dark blueberries and cassis, dark blackberries and pencil lead, leather and baking spices, cedar and bay leaf's, oak and a hint of vanilla on the finish. The finish is smooth yet brooding with great fruit and structure, This wine is drinking fantastic now with a lot of bottle age being 15 plus years old but I see things holding on for another 3-5 years but drink up and enjoy.

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  1/19/2013 - gabird wrote: 83 Points

  - Garnet color and aromas of cherry. It's overly acidic and has flavours of cherry with a light/medium body. Linear texture with a short finish - After fighting through the cork and splatter shirt, the wine continued to disappoint. Fruit that goes flat and a wine that flashes on the palate. Sorry, no attaboy on this one.

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  12/9/2010 - BrunelloBob wrote: 89 Points

  Not as tannic as last bottle. Great nose (cherry), red fruit on the palate. Cork in better shape.

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  11/13/2010 - BrunelloBob wrote: 89 Points

  Red fruit. tannic as hell, which I like, otherwise decent balance. Does fade a bit in the glass. 88-89 points.
  Day 2: Serious softeming of tannins. Now picking up a pepper element. Wouldn't hold any for day 3. Like that ever happens...
  Note: soft cork, crimbling on the inside, bled almost through to the capsule, but i don't think it effected the wine.

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  3/25/2010 - thirtyoneknots wrote:

  Despite the uninspiring notes on CT I had been wanting to try this for some time. Big letdown. Very ordinary, unbalanced tannin, lacking interest on the palate. Pleasant enough for the first half-glass if I'd had food to go with, but then the tanning started taking over and it just became something of a chore to drink. Major pass at $22

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