This was a lovely wine - once it got going. I made the mistake of not decanting the wine, even though last year we enjoyed it without a decant. The first night it was jammy and flabby and did not show much of anything. The 2nd night was an entirely different story. It was lovely - fragrant on the nose, rich, balanced and bright on the palate with good fruit, and had a nice long finish. If you own this wine and really want to enjoy it, I urge you to decant it for at least 1 hour.
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This Celia Welch wine was wonderful, and I believe better than 3 years ago. It is aromatic, rich, balanced, mouth-coating, smooth, lovely dark fruit with just that light touch of sweetness and a long, enjoyable finish. This wine is definitely in its "sweet spot."
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Agree with previous notes that this is drinking at peak today. It'll hold for a while but I wouldn't wait if I had another. Experimented with 1 pass thru Vinturi and no aeration. Settled on a hybrid 1/2 and 1/2 (mad scientist at work). Needed a Phoenix summertime chill. It is super smooth with a dark purple color and no sign of aging yet. Dark fruit, mellow, tastes mature but not old, a beautiful bottle of wine
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4/1/2024 - jrobs7777 wrote:
Drinking well. Darker fruits. Good structure. No complaints. Solid cab in a tougher vintage.
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11/27/2021 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 Points
Pop and pour. Great right from the start with loads of jammy red fruit. Still some structure but likely on the decline.
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9/10/2021 - Labrador Likes this wine: 89 Points
This was a lovely wine - once it got going.
I made the mistake of not decanting the wine, even though last year we enjoyed it without a decant. The first night it was jammy and flabby and did not show much of anything. The 2nd night was an entirely different story. It was lovely - fragrant on the nose, rich, balanced and bright on the palate with good fruit, and had a nice long finish.
If you own this wine and really want to enjoy it, I urge you to decant it for at least 1 hour.
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6/12/2020 - Labrador Likes this wine: 92 Points
This Celia Welch wine was wonderful, and I believe better than 3 years ago. It is aromatic, rich, balanced, mouth-coating, smooth, lovely dark fruit with just that light touch of sweetness and a long, enjoyable finish. This wine is definitely in its "sweet spot."
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5/29/2020 - ozziewine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Agree with previous notes that this is drinking at peak today. It'll hold for a while but I wouldn't wait if I had another.
Experimented with 1 pass thru Vinturi and no aeration. Settled on a hybrid 1/2 and 1/2 (mad scientist at work).
Needed a Phoenix summertime chill. It is super smooth with a dark purple color and no sign of aging yet. Dark fruit, mellow, tastes mature but not old, a beautiful bottle of wine
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