This is absolutely singing right now. It still has some youthful "big" dark fruit, but has settled enough to show a really nice acidic balance that wasn't there until it lost its baby fat. Really nice finish on it too. Absolutely a great effort and fun bottle to drink.
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Really impressive showing for this wine. Its huge like most Hoage wines, but balanced too. The nose is intriguing with black raspberries, old leather, black peppercorns, and smoke. Youthful on the palate. Juicy black raspberries. Full bodied. Deep. Just delicious. And worked just fine with food too.
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Lots of big, dark, ripe fruit. Flavors seem dominated by red fruit and berry notes. If I didn't know better, I would have thought it was more Grenache than Syrah. Not especially structured or complex, but pretty tasty.
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Opened with a few friends over an Italian feast of pasta, red sauce and meats. It had an amazing nose and paired with our food perfectly. I let it breathe for about 30 minutes before dinner and the timing was just right. Smooth and flavorful.
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4/11/2015 - mrmedoes Likes this wine: 93 Points
This is absolutely singing right now. It still has some youthful "big" dark fruit, but has settled enough to show a really nice acidic balance that wasn't there until it lost its baby fat. Really nice finish on it too. Absolutely a great effort and fun bottle to drink.
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11/5/2014 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 94 Points
Really impressive showing for this wine. Its huge like most Hoage wines, but balanced too. The nose is intriguing with black raspberries, old leather, black peppercorns, and smoke. Youthful on the palate. Juicy black raspberries. Full bodied. Deep. Just delicious. And worked just fine with food too.
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9/30/2013 - stevenjstein Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lots of big, dark, ripe fruit. Flavors seem dominated by red fruit and berry notes. If I didn't know better, I would have thought it was more Grenache than Syrah. Not especially structured or complex, but pretty tasty.
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8/2/2013 - goofy Yno wrote: 92 Points
rich, big full with lots of darkness.
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6/30/2013 - jcoriston Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opened with a few friends over an Italian feast of pasta, red sauce and meats. It had an amazing nose and paired with our food perfectly. I let it breathe for about 30 minutes before dinner and the timing was just right. Smooth and flavorful.
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