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• csimm wrote: 98 points

  March 4, 2018 - Previous notes apply. Coravin pour; this was smooth and singing with just a few minutes of swirling in the glass. Black asphalt and gravel led the attack, with astoundingly pure black, purple, and dark red fruit washing over the mineral elements and engulfing the palate. Smooth on the back end, with an inviting finish that beckons you back for another sip.
  
  I served this 2014 side-by-side with its younger sibling, the 2015 Carter La Verdad., whose DNA was just a little more concentrated and intense than the 2014. I favored the 2015 for those reasons, as its core is just so compelling and full of complexity and depth, it’s hard to beat. That said, my girl favored this 2014 for its fascinating gravelly scaffolding and more comparatively harnessed delivery of fruit (“harnessed” by Carter standards at least).
  
  97-98+ points for the 2014. Drinking great now with just a little air. Hold with confidence for another year or so if you feel like it. 100 points for the 2015 La Verdad. Great juice all around.

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4 Comments

• Cristal2000 commented:

  3/5/18, 9:19 AM - Those dang BDX pallets...:)

• csimm commented:

  3/5/18, 9:38 AM - Domesticated BDX palate is probably more accurate. Carter can’t really be called BDX by most stretches of the imagination anyway. She likes the gravelly ones though. No surprise LPV is her favorite site.

• Cristal2000 commented:

  3/5/18, 9:42 AM - True enough. Carter and BDX...never to be mentioned in the same sentence again! I did really enjoy this wine. Nice review! Super interesting to have side by side comparison with La Verdad. Sounds like it performed for you about how I felt when I had it next to the 2015 MM LPV. Really great, but just doesn't quite have the fruit intensity or layers.

• csimm commented:

  3/5/18, 10:04 AM - Totally. Those are exactly the two things it is just shy of when compared to Verdad... that core fruit intensity and those concentrated layers of complex, tiered fruit. Of course, the 2014 has all of that going on to a wonderful degree. I do indeed think the 2014 is a 97-98 point phenom and a great representation on the LPV site. But...you put that damn Verdad next to it and all bets are off. I’m already ADHD for the 2016 Verdad. With all the amazing 2016 LPVs we’ve sampled, I am very anxious to try Verdad in that vintage.

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