Community Tasting Notes 8

• Rich S wrote: 90 points

  September 11, 2020 - Medium ruby color. Nose of cranberry, cherry, cinnamon candy and other sweet baking spice notes. Similar flavors on the palate. Good, juicy acidity with medium- tannin. Fruit forward and quite tasty wine. Main issue is you can drink similar quality Italian barbera for half the price so the QPR is poor.

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• Teaky Likes this wine:

  December 16, 2019 - On the nose is red fruited with some raspberry, flavors of raspberry predominate, hint of herbalness, low tannins, has a real nice moderate acidity, paired reasonably well with pizza (this pizza didn't have much sauce, it seemed like a saucier pizza would have paired better). This is a nice wine that had a nice acidity.

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• tward Likes this wine: 89 points

  November 2, 2019 - Pair well with an Isreali spiced chicken rice dish, but certainly could have handled deeper, heavier fare. More fruit driven than I remember from tasting with touches of dusty and spice. Drank casually with no notes, which is a bit of a shame. I suspect a couple more years will add complexity to this.

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• Jennifer S 0513 Likes this wine:

  October 23, 2019 - Great when decanted

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• glou.sf Likes this wine: 91 points

  September 19, 2019 - Tart red fruit, hints of cloves, spices, cedar, and orange zest on the nose. Nice acidity with fresh red fruit and berry flavors on the palate. Good finish. A really interesting Barbera from CA, a pleasure to drink. 91+

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2016
• Type Red
• Producer Idlewild
• Varietal Barbera
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Fox Hill Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion North Coast
• Appellation Mendocino

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• In Cellars 34 (28%)
• Consumed 89 (72%)

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