Community Tasting Notes 6

• domino009 Likes this wine: 85 points

  November 26, 2015 - I didn't like this wine at first. Two years later I came to love it. The alcohol is no longer dominant, the wine has opened up, and the fruit has come forward. It is drinking very nicely for an $8/bottle wine.

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• cjheinrich84 wrote: 75 points

  August 31, 2014 - Alcohol overwhelms this wine. Through the burn, notes of blackberry, licorice, green bell pepper and black pepper.

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• hoops92 wrote: 85 points

  May 19, 2013 - Initially harsh, alcohol and fruit not melded. Opened up a bit, but still not persuasive.

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• BrandiLove Does not like this wine: 69 points

  May 4, 2013 - So you might get the idea from my other tasting notes that I like everything I drink .. this is not the case lol.
  
  I bought the 2009 Balance - Red Field Blend because of the write ups and their organic farming techniques. Unfortunately I intensely dislike this wine.
  
  I cant get past the nose which honestly smells like they aged this in barrels filled with hay. The aroma was so repugnant to me that we opened up the second bottle thinking the first might have been corked.
  
  Perhaps the nose disrupted my ability to taste however the wine also tasted like a barn smells. I hate to sound so negative but it was truly overpowering.
  
  Not something I would purchase again.

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• hoops92 Likes this wine: 87 points

  December 31, 2012 - Tart cherries - a bit less full bodied than I expected. More balanced on the second day (no pun intended)

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2009
• Type Red
• Producer Balance by Heath Dolan
• Varietal Red Blend
• Designation Red Field Blend
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion North Coast
• Appellation Mendocino County
• UPC Code 812485010166

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• In Cellars 11 (16%)
• Consumed 57 (84%)

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