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• JLuch1 Likes this wine: 92 points

  August 12, 2018 - Decanted for a few hours.
  
  Pours a deep red violet color with purple edges.
  
  Raspberry/Blackberry nose blueberry pie crust with violets.
  
  On the attack, raspberry torte, Asian plum, lightly tart strawberries, cassis. Mid palate hints of menthol and cedar. Great purity of fruit, it is a pretty sharp and focused wine. Oak treatment is light on this which allows for the fruit to shine through nicely. Also a bit of intensity on the fruit as well, which is probably a combination of the level of extraction from the fruit and the young age of the wine. Tannins have plenty of grip and give this wine some backbone and longevity.
  
  Based on my tasting notes and the Rutherford designation, I am going to guess this is left over GIII fruit that may have received less oak treatment compared to the commercial bottling.
  
  This improved over the course of the evening and was best at the last sip. I saved half the bottle to revisit this evening to see if it improves further.
  
  Drank this next to a 2015 Orin Swift Papillon that was opened the day prior. I preferred this wine over the Papillon for a variety of reasons. I suspect it will be even better tonight. Either way, this wine has great QPR.
  
  Current recommendation, hold a couple years or decant for several hours.
  
  Day 2:
  
  Even better today, nose is more aromatic and lively, finish feels a bit longer, fruit is still focused and delicious. Very good QPR. Hold for a year or two or decant 3+ hours.

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• Vintage 2015
• Type Red
• Producer Go Figure
• Varietal Cabernet Sauvignon
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Lot 50
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Consumed 26 (96%)

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