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Manage Subscriptions2013 Force Majeure Collaboration Series I Ciel du Cheval Vineyard
Red Bordeaux Blend
- USA
- Washington
- Columbia Valley
- Red Mountain
Community Tasting Notes 10
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flussier Likes this wine: 92 points
December 21, 2023 - Robe bourgogne foncée. Décanté 1h30, Vin sur la cerise, boisé et fruits noirs. Manque de complexité et de profondeur pour le prix, mais reste un très bon vin. Tannin arrondi. À boire maintenant
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Amerique wrote: 94 points
January 17, 2022 - Rich, delicious black cherry fruit with cassis, tar and chocolate flavors, excellent structure, ample tannin to last at least 10 more years, long finish
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prasm Likes this wine: 92 points
December 31, 2021 - Pop and pour, consumed over 3 hours. Appearance: Clear, medium ruby with slight corner bricking. Nose: Clean, medium+ intensity with aromas of pencil lead, black olive, gravel, blackberry, and black raspberry with hints of green pepper and herbs. Palate: Dry, medium+ acid, soft medium tannin, 14.7% abv, medium+ body, medium+ intensity with developed flavors of perfectly ripe dark fruit - blackberry, spice, black olive, and bramble with a medium+ finish.
Overall this is an excellent effort in it's prime drinking window showing exceptional balance and excellent intensity, complexity and length. Drink now or over the next 2-3 years.2 people found this helpful Comment -
ploher wrote:
July 9, 2021 - Excellent showing tonight; full-bodied with an intense and ripe fruit profile of cassis and raspberries and kirsch, some jam as well, but also freshnes in form of cardamom, ginger and maybe even a hint of mint, also some graphite here. Extraordinary tannin quality, quite long as well with some spicy ginger on the finish. Leans more towards Napa than Bordeaux in my opinion, which is fine, as long as the balance is right, and that's definitely the case here. Impressive. 17.5/20
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Glencoewine Likes this wine: 92 points
September 23, 2019 - 60 min decant wasn't nearly enough. Glad we saved the other half of the bottle for the next week. Completely different wine once it opened up. Too tight on night one; perhaps this means it still has a long life ahead? Will wait at least 2-3 years before opening our last bottle.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2013
- Type Red
- Producer Force Majeure
- Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
- Designation Collaboration Series I
- Vineyard Ciel du Cheval Vineyard
- Country USA
- Region Washington
- SubRegion Columbia Valley
- Appellation Red Mountain
- UPC Code 4000133341656
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 2 (1%)
- In Cellars 179 (55%)
- Consumed 146 (45%)
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- CountryUSA
- RegionWashington
- SubRegionColumbia Valley
- AppellationRed Mountain
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