8/25/12, 8:36 AM - How heavy were the smoke notes? That's definitely what you were getting, since Anderson Valley was hit hard in '08 with wildfires. I tried this maybe 18 months ago and the smoke note was so huge it was hard to drink. But if it has blown off, that would be great!
4/13/12, 8:07 AM - What's corkage at The Grill these days? Nice spot--a favorite of mine and the wife's for brunch.
11/25/10, 5:56 PM - After revisiting this wine, where I think it misses is that it tastes empty right down the center of the palate. All the flavors, tannins and action on this wine happens on the edges of the tongue and mouth. The center of the palate is left utterly empty, and almost just tastes like water.
4/18/10, 7:41 AM - I drank half the bottle on the 16th, corked, and drank the second half last night on the 17th. After a night in the bottle, the Core Red Blend was SIGNIFICANTLY better. With the re-taste, I would have given it an 81 the first night, and an 88+ last night. So 84 seems like a fair median.The blue and black fruit was purer and more ripe tasting, there was a great mid-palate of ground coffee, and the body of this wine was deliciously mouth-filling. Great stuff that apparently needed a LOT of air to show its stuff.
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