Community Tasting Note
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Putnam Weekley Likes this wine: 94 points
January 1, 2023 - After a tall drizzle straight into the drinking bowl my first impression of this thing is that it's remarkably composed and primary. An easygoing musky plum aroma, suggestively rising from buried stone, is an example of accessible, appetizing drinking. It unfolds. Even before taking the first drink I'm taken back to Santa Cruz' Bates Ranch, with that maddening mockery of cherry pulp. Also: licorice, Louisiana coffee, and casually foraged spring herbs. A mouthful portrays various familiar lines of tension—glad and guarded; appealing and profound. A geological column of reference material spills from its wide open pages. Balsam. Breakfast tea. Inconsolable red prunes sobbing with sugar. The texture is brisk and punctuated. Retral sensations of intaglio ink, slate, blueberries, and Musigny.
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JohnMcIlwain commented:
1/1/23, 6:03 PM - Thanks for the note. I have a six-pack tucked away. Simone rules.