Community Tasting Notes 15

• winelibertine wrote: 91 points

  March 6, 2024 - when first opening the bottle there was a little fizzines maybe secondary fermentation? after sitting in the glass for 15 mins that all went away.
  Lighter bodied than i remember from 2 years ago. very nice though with notes of indian spice, earthiness, black fruits a little funk, pepper. Seemed to indicate Syrah to blimd tasters.

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• Rieslingfan wrote:

  June 8, 2023 - TN: Old Cabernet and Young Mourevdre (plus two Rieslings): First of four young Mourvedre wines served side by side, and this was the brightest, with some cranberry edges to the deep red fruit, and also a high toned spiciness. The more air it got the better. I still have a few bottles, and will try to let them rest a while.

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• Rieslingfan wrote:

  December 2, 2022 - I tried one of these shortly after release, and it was so tight I decided to let the rest sit for a while. My patience lapsed, and so I did a splash decant to get some air into the wine. That worked wonders, as 30 minutes post decant it was all bright fruit, floral and deep earthy undertones. Really delicious, and made me want to immediately open another one. The only thing that decanting did not resolve was a firm tannic bite on the finish, but the depth of fruit was more than enough to allow some medium term cellaring.

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• Vino Me wrote: 93 points

  November 16, 2022 - Opened by Blue Oval at an offline and tried next to the 2011 Tempier Bandol La Migoua. I liked this bottle better. This property was recently purchased by Pax Mahle and others and will go into their estate wines. Deep purple color. Floral nose. Rather fruity and forward with leather and black fruit notes. 93 points.

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• AllRed wrote:

  November 11, 2022 - I did not spend nearly enough time with this and my notes were dwindling by this point, but I remember being smitten with this. Abundant black fruit with a beguiling perfumey/floral quality. Apparently I was too busy enjoying it to jot down anything else. Lovely. Courtesy of blueoval.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer Halcon Vineyards
• Varietal Mourvèdre
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion North Coast
• Appellation Yorkville Highlands

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• In Cellars 189 (79%)
• Consumed 47 (20%)

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