Community Tasting Note
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AGELVIS Likes this wine: 97 points
August 24, 2022 - Two and a half hour decant. Deep dark, modestly electric magenta color. Black cherry compote, blackberry, bay leaf, bitter chocolate, crushed pecan, coffee cake crumble topping, and subtle grilled lemon rind. Smooth, dry palate, with fine, tongue coating acidity. Firm, full, medium intensity tannins on the long finish.
Very elegant red. It was a nice celebration bottle for a big professional award my wife won. Mark1NPT’s saucy reviews suggested this would do the trick (and it did). ;)2 people found this helpful 2,030 views
6 Comments
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Mark1npt commented:
8/24/22, 7:56 PM - That's me....Mr. Saucy, lol. Congrats to M! Glad you guys liked it. One of my all time favs and drinking so well right now.
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Decanting Queen commented:
9/8/22, 3:58 AM - Congrats to Melissa and great choice. I am an Arkenstone fan
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AGELVIS commented:
9/8/22, 4:26 AM - I love Kaplan’s wine. Try Vangone if you haven’t yet. Cheers Jen!
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Mark1npt commented:
9/8/22, 4:41 AM - AG, one of my friends actually poured one this past spring and it just didn't impress me the way these do and it's roughly the same price.....maybe it was just an off bottle?
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AGELVIS commented:
9/8/22, 6:49 AM - Do you remember the vintage? The ‘16 is drinking great now (equal to, but more muscular than Arkenstone).
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Mark1npt commented:
9/9/22, 6:44 AM - AG, it was a '16 back in March.....it fluctuated wildly through the night from 93-96. Felt like it needed 3 more years to come together.