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2008 Lancaster Estate Nicole's Red Wine
Red Bordeaux Blend
- USA
- California
- Sonoma County
- Alexander Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 10
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pgrzesik Likes this wine: 92 points
February 27, 2023 - Drank this over two days. It pours a very dark purple color. The nose is very elegant with lots of dark fruit, black berries, and good dose of crushed black pepper likely from the cab franc. This is a big wine with lots of fruit on the palate, easy drinking, and the tannins are really well integrated. Good smooth finish. The second day was a bit of the same as the first. Overall really enjoyed this. Probably drinking at its peak now.
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Bobc7had wrote: 89 points
October 6, 2020 - Starting to fade. Drink up
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pgrzesik Likes this wine: 92 points
February 28, 2020 - First time trying Lancaster estate and this was really good. The nose was a little hot but after 45 minutes of being open the heat started to subside and you got beautiful notes of crushed black pepper, licorice, and a hint of oak. The palate is rich, full bodied, and some decent complexity. You can taste the touch of cab franc on the tail end. This has some good acidity and right now is in a stage where the fruit is starting to fade and starting to come forward with its tertiary characteristics. The finish was a bit shorter then I expected. Overall really enjoyable and probably drinking at its peak right now. Cheers!
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bobadopolis Likes this wine: 91 points
July 26, 2019 - Hot on the nose, with mix of dark and red fruit on the front palate, strawberries and boysenberries predominate. Leather, mushrooms, and earth at the end. Needed an hour or so of air to come around. Don't think this will improve much from here. Drink now with reasonable decant.
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D3S Likes this wine: 94 points
June 3, 2018 - Great nose, dark fruit, cassis, tobacco with long finish. Drinking very well.
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More notes
Wine Definition
- Vintage 2008
- Type Red
- Producer Lancaster Estate
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Nicole's Red Wine
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region California
- SubRegion Sonoma County
- Appellation Alexander Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 242 (52%)
- Consumed 224 (48%)
Food Pairing
No food pairings available.
Who Likes This Wine
100% Like It 7 votes
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- ProducerLancaster Estate
- VarietyRed Bordeaux Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionCalifornia
- SubRegionSonoma County
- AppellationAlexander Valley
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- AppellationAlexander Valley