Community Tasting Notes 17

• team-blackburn wrote: 94 points

  January 7, 2024 - A spectacular wine, that still has a lot of life left, very enjoyable.

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• mojotojo Likes this wine: 92 points

  July 10, 2023 - This was better than I anticipated. It has mellowed into a delightful wine with plenty of cab character, cassis, cedar, lead pencil, saddle leather, with nice touches from the Syrah: smoke, a hint of tar, mocha and violets. Very long finish with velvety tannins. Really fun, pleasurable wine. It can go another 8-10 years, easy

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• Neecies Likes this wine:

  May 28, 2023 - Fully mature. Drink soon.

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• hiker_guy wrote:

  January 30, 2023 - Purchased at release and stored in a temperature controlled cellar.
  Big, lush and very much a one note wine. The note is very good but I’m left wanting some complexity.
  Nose has a nice big note of red/black fruit and a little white pepper spice
  Palate is rich and big with lots of fruit, hints of leather and pepper spices. Not very complex but certainly delicious.
  
  Not really my cup of tea these days but I understand how this would be a crowd pleaser.

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• Neecies Likes this wine:

  December 17, 2021 - The Ptera wines are cab sauv/syrah blends. I don't recall if this one is 50/50 or 60/40 (whichever this one is, the 2012 is the other). That aside, here is the kind of wine that proves the genius of this blend. At 11 years out, it's still fresh but the tannins are relaxed and some leathery notes are just coming into play. Full bodied, elegant, and just coming into its prime drinking window. Should hold here for years to come. Outstanding.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Force Majeure
• Varietal Red Blend
• Designation Collaboration Series Ptera
• Vineyard Ciel du Cheval Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region Washington
• SubRegion Columbia Valley
• Appellation Red Mountain

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• Pending Delivery 4 (1%)
• In Cellars 81 (29%)
• Consumed 190 (69%)

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