Community Tasting Note
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dodongo wrote: 85 points
March 6, 2010 - This wine is not great. But that's never what this wine was intended to be. This wine is good, and it's damn good for the money, and *that's* what it was supposed to be. This wine is unidimensional from start to finish. Flavors don't evolve much at all but there's an impressively solid shot of fruit that even mingles with some oak (which I don't really think is necessary but I suppose I'll take it).
I would still, I think, be more pleased to see wines of this style embrace a little more the notion that they don't need to be made in the style of great agers, because that's not what this kind of wine is. But I have to say I'm impressed with how this has surpassed my expectations. It's a pup yet, and it should evolve quite quickly vis-a-vis bottle age. But I like where it is. I want to give this wine a higher rating but it doesn't merit it; on the other hand I adore the sentiment behind the construction of this blend and I wish more people would try to put juice of this quality in bottle at this price point. I wish there was a rating for that!4,831 views