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• balkmr@hotmail.com Likes this wine: 90 points

  May 1, 2018 - See CCBrown3s note in 2013. Really enjoyable. I think it's holding at peak. Got better with an hour of air.

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• NTR wrote: 91 points

  September 2, 2015 - All previous notes stand. Holding up amazingly well.

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• NTR wrote: 91 points

  January 18, 2014 - Still be best Haut vintage and a great QPR wine. Drinks easy and juicy. Really looking forward to the 2012!!

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• cbbrown3 wrote: 88 points

  May 24, 2013 - The wine is a dark garnet to purple color. The very nice nose has blackberries, smoked meat, black pepper, cedar, cherries, dried herbs, and forest floor. This has a medium body, moderate tannins, and very nice acidity. The palate is a bit brighter than the nose lead me to expect with the fruit more in the cherry to raspberry range with a load of spice and slowly building earthiness. The finish has decent length but is losing some of the richness it had in the past. Tastes good now but I'd advise drinking up over the next year.

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• cbbrown3 wrote: 90 points

  September 7, 2012 - The wine is a dark ruby to maroon color. There are blackberries, cherries, black pepper, baking spices, cedar, licorice, dried herbs, with hints of smoked meat, and earthy notes on the very inviting nose. This is medium to full body with ripe, integrated tannins and very nice acidity. The wine is very nice and refined on the palate, loads of fruit and spice with dried herbs and earthiness in the background. Decent length on the finish which I wish was a touch fuller. A very nice bottle of wine for under $20. Probably needs to be consumed over the next year or two at most.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer Stefania
• Varietal Red Blend
• Designation Haut Tubee
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion n/a
• Appellation California

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• In Cellars 44 (12%)
• Consumed 325 (88%)

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