Community Tasting Notes 5

• ccotton8 wrote:

  November 6, 2014 - Not much fruit left, and had a smokey sourness on the nose that was off putting. I don't think it was flawed, just think it's passed it's prime or in a very dumb phase. I'll try my last bottle in a couple months, expectations will be low.

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• ccotton8 Likes this wine: 90 points

  July 19, 2011 - This is a heavy hitting merlot, this might as well be a cab but this has a lot cherry on the back end of the taste. Recommend letting it breath for .5 to 1 hour, it was a little tight when i first opened it.

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• nycebo wrote: 72 points

  May 15, 2010 - I'm not completely certain if this bottle was simply off or not, but the wine was lackluster. Lacking virtually any fruit-forwardness at all...or a finish for that matter. Indeed, it tasted of stewed dark fruits, some graphite and vanilla. I'm lead to

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• cabrnay wrote: 92 points

  October 15, 2009 - Cab lovers merlot, drier then the Bennett Lane but very nice with food.

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• cagold wrote: 89 points

  September 10, 2009 - This wine needs some more time in the bottle. Great potential. Try it in another 18 mos and see where it's at.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2005
• Type Red
• Producer Krupp Brothers Estates
• Varietal Merlot
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Stagecoach Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 32 (56%)
• Consumed 25 (44%)

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