2009 Stonyridge Vineyard Larose

Community Tasting Notes (14) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  3/31/2024 - Dsen wrote: 96 Points

  Brilliant

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  12/30/2023 - #1 or #2? Likes this wine: 92 Points

  my 3rd bottle of the '09 larose. definitely the weakest showing of the lot and not as good as the 2008, which i think is holding up better. air helps but it’s dustier than i recall on the nose. not bad, just dustier. palate texture is nice, it’s aged and soft but less apparent fruit than previously noted. perhaps down to bottle variation, but tonight’s showing suggests this is well into its decline. drink up.

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  9/10/2023 - evanqian wrote: 94 Points

  nearly same as previous bottle, full body and well mellowed, with intense oak, leather and tobacco flavours, fine and grainy tannins, dark chocolate in long finish. well aged.
  
  Ap 5/5, Ar 13/15, Palate 17/20, Overall 5+4/10
  Total 94/100

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  5/19/2023 - OenoEd wrote: 92 Points

  Tight clean cork, PNP from this well cellared bottle. Very deep near black prune/purple color, with brick at the rim. Xmas spice, cassis, black currant, shoe polish, black cherry in the nose. Nothing really off, just getting old. Rich and silky, integrated oak, a touch reduced. Still ample acidity from the minor varietals in the blend, and dry black tea tannins through the long finish. Cedar and black fruits. Organic grapes, they say, unfiltered, with sulfites. Drink up w well charred beef perhaps. This faux Medoc showstopper is now a bit past its prime.

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  2/5/2023 - #1 or #2? Likes this wine: 94 Points

  this is a stunner. a beautiful mature yet fruit fwd nose with herbal and savoury aromas. palate is supple, med+ in body, with the perfect pinch of acidity. great balance in this from entry through softly-wrapped tannin on the slightly mineral-tinged finish. stylistically, this definitely leans old-world/bordeaux and all the better for it.

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