Community Tasting Notes 13

• Ed B Likes this wine: 93 points

  May 16, 2020 - PnP and drank over 3.5 hours. Semi-opaque ruby/black. Medium body. Substantial nose of red fruit and spice. Opened up after 30 minutes — and continued. Finish got longer as I drank it; now 2+ minutes. The red and dark fruits traded the lead for the whole time. Spice was a constant backbone. Some wines are tasty. Some wines are interesting. This one is both.

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• Bob in NC Likes this wine: 92 points

  April 20, 2017 - Bold but smooth; very harmonious flavors. Stewed blackberry, plum and figs. Baking spices, nutmeg in particular, along with some black pepper and cedar. A gorgeous lengthy finish where the fruit takes on a brambly hue and fruit liquior qualities.

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• TashNYC wrote: 91 points

  February 11, 2017 - Red and black fruits, blackberries, herbs, black pepper and more. Good with Mamoun's

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• TashNYC wrote: 92 points

  December 20, 2016 - Drinking delicious. Excellent with our Mamoun's food.

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• TashNYC wrote: 90 points

  March 2, 2016 - 90+. The wine has a gorgeous nose and a nice taste of blackberry, green pepper and some black pepper notes. It was especially good with our lamb shawarma from Mamoun's, which was a great pairing. Nevertheless, I think this wine will be so much better with some more bottle age: perhaps 2 years. I will mark my remaining bottles 3 for 2018. We paid $20 on close-out (good QPR) but I don't think it is yet a great $50 retail bottle.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Villa Creek
• Varietal Red Rhone Blend
• Designation Trovador
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Central Coast
• Appellation Paso Robles

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• In Cellars 55 (28%)
• Consumed 138 (72%)

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