This was perfectly respectable, which is really amazing to me given it is a claret-style wine from Oregon, the land of Pinot Noir. Now, no one in Bordeaux will be getting nervous anytime soon, but this shows nice fresh raspberry fruit, decent balance and restraint in the sugar load.
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Drank at Emilio's with The Rev, Closed with a short finish at first, then open up after 30 min. to reveal a nose of vanila, herbs, cherry and a touch of cedar, very claret like with a long spicey finish. Epectation were not high given the prior opinion on this wine. If you like Bordeaux you should like this wine, it reminded me of a St. Julien.
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Blah. Oaky, lots of vanilla and mediocre fruit. This wine was pretty exciting when young what with the spicyness of the oak and the young tannin. It's a flabby middle ager now with not much to talk about at the party.
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7/26/2012 - lepetitchateau wrote: 88 Points
This was perfectly respectable, which is really amazing to me given it is a claret-style wine from Oregon, the land of Pinot Noir. Now, no one in Bordeaux will be getting nervous anytime soon, but this shows nice fresh raspberry fruit, decent balance and restraint in the sugar load.
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1/27/2008 - wineshaman wrote: 89 Points
Drank at Emilio's with The Rev, Closed with a short finish at first, then open up after 30 min. to reveal a nose of vanila, herbs, cherry and a touch of cedar, very claret like with a long spicey finish. Epectation were not high given the prior opinion on this wine. If you like Bordeaux you should like this wine, it reminded me of a St. Julien.
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11/4/2007 - keepitreal wrote: 79 Points
Blah. Oaky, lots of vanilla and mediocre fruit. This wine was pretty exciting when young what with the spicyness of the oak and the young tannin. It's a flabby middle ager now with not much to talk about at the party.
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