Community Tasting Notes 11

• Geaux Tigers wrote: 87 points

  January 27, 2024 - Green herbs and milk chocolate. Nope, not in a good way. To quote the old Wendy’s ladies: Where’s the fruit?

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• Geaux Tigers Does not like this wine: 86 points

  October 7, 2023 - I don’t know what exactly is going on with these 375s, but it’s almost like BRAND took some off barrels and bottled them as 375s. This bottle and all my prior 2016 375s are off, full of oak and frankly only marginally ok. 86 is a gift, given the vintage and my love of the 12s and 13s, I can only hope this was some sort of f-up! If my 750s are this bad, it only bolsters my decision to stop buying, but BRAND should be ashamed of this showing, I chalked the prior showings up to youth … maybe I was plain wrong?
  
  This is not the same wine I see showing in the other tasting notes…no way no how

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• Hppr Cellar Likes this wine: 100 points

  September 17, 2023 - Wow

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• Geaux Tigers wrote: 91 points

  October 27, 2022 - From a 375ml. PnP and rest into decanter.
  
  Dark black, slight purplish rim, runny legs.
  
  Nose-bright floral, spice, charcoal, minerals, black cherry, red cherry licorice.
  
  Palate-not as giving as the nose. Muted, lacking in acid. No apparent oak/tannin. Somewhat hot. With time, chocolate, black and red cherry, warm liquer on the finish.
  
  The nose was Napa — the palate was BDX.
  
  I thought a 375ml at 6 yrs old would show more secondary development. Another disappointment but I am not giving up on the potential as ‘12 and ‘13 were so delicious. This was good, not great, but I had higher expectations. Feels like the Cabernet Sauvignon is trying to come out and dance and the Cabernet Franc is being a grumpy hermit! I dare not open a 750 ml anytime soon.
  
  And also, I will read my own notes from before….

• Cablover1982 Likes this wine: 97 points

  September 1, 2022 - Pritchard Hill Magic! 65 CF 35 CS. Mesmerizing aromas of blackberry liqueur, kirsch, melted black licorice, fried herbs, tobacco leaf, graphite and dust. Bold, intense on the palate but never heavy adding some spiced cedar, plums, chocolate and iron. Plus acidity and pillowy tannins on a beautiful long finish!

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• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer BRAND Napa Valley
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Proprietary Blend
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 491 (77%)
• Consumed 141 (22%)

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