Community Tasting Notes 21

• quaffnov Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 22, 2024 - Hour decant, the nose on this is exquisite, with rich tones of dark fruit and a touch of cedar and vanilla. The palate is equally lush, with a great balance of acidity and just the right level of grippy tannins to accentuate the blackberry and hint of leather tones. The mouthfeel is silky and the finish is medium, with complexity showing up as it coats the mouth. Great bottle of wine.

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• Jack Cranley Likes this wine: 96 points

  April 4, 2024 - Wow - What a difference a few years makes. Looking back at my note from 2020, it's hard to understand why I only gave it 90 points. There was nothing in my notes that really spoke of any deficiencies in the wine, but for whatever reason I decided to leave the numeric score at 90. Today, that seems almost comically conservative. This wine is singing in a way that I was almost not sure Washington was capable of. It's peeling off in layers like a first growth Bordeaux. It's got fruit, it's got leather, it's got flowers and minerals, and herbs, and wood, and spice.... It's all over the place! The word that we really settle down as sort of the theme of this wine is "Shapeshifter". It seems to evolve and present something different with each progressive visit back to the glass. I never-ending cornucopia of nuance and complexity.
  
  To be fair, this was the fourth bottle in a series of drinking with friends so I might be a little inebriated. But let me tell you this - I've had 30-year-old first growth Bordeaux. I know the glory that they reveal in their multi-layered capacity. This wine reminds me of that. I'm not saying it's as good or better or should be compared or whatever I'm just saying that it reminds me of that type of wine drinking. Which is pretty profound for a new world red blend. I'm impressed.

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• norsktorsk wrote: 93 points

  October 7, 2023 - very nice

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• norsktorsk wrote: 95 points

  April 20, 2023 - very very good

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• curtr Likes this wine: 92 points

  September 20, 2022 - resolved, great with venison.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Rasa Vineyards
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation In Order to Form a More Perfect Union
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region Washington
• SubRegion Columbia Valley
• Appellation Columbia Valley

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• In Cellars 299 (48%)
• Consumed 326 (52%)

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