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• cg7gentx Likes this wine: 96 points

  August 9, 2022 - I’ll be honest. I’m a newbie when it comes to making notes on wine. This is amazing and the notes I’ve read below describe it better than I could. This has been cellared properly and we only decanted about 10m. The bottle was a gift from a friend and no I feel indebted.

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• walkerjfw wrote: 96 points

  July 5, 2021 - In OCNJ with family, this one with a few of the red wine drinkers.... Last bottle from this batch, bought at auction several years back. Prior tasting in 2019. Slow oxed for about 45 minutes prior to drinking
  
  From prior notes: "Deep garnet color, no real sign of age. Expressive nose of savory meats, plums, tobacco. Ripe palate of tart blueberry, preserved plum, cedar. Nuanced flavors and violet/floral notes through mid plate. Plush texture, medium body and long and layered finish..."
  
  Really great showing again, this may have been better and I gave the last bottle a 96...:)The plush Merlot texture and expressive palate were a real hit with everyone. Elegant and well made wine, this is what Merlot can do in CA when its made like this. My WOTN 96+

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• gteran76 Likes this wine: 97 points

  January 8, 2021 - Taken to our monthly CWG. Opened at noon, left inside the cellar until 5pm, then double decanted for 30 min and taken to the restaurant for consumption around 7pm. This full body and multidimensional Merlot is at a great stage right now and should stay like this fir a few more years based on the balance between acidity, tannins, fruit and alcohol. The wine is a compound of berries, chocolate and a touch of earth/minerals. The finish is super long and persistent.
  
  I was expecting my friends to confused it with a Bordeaux but they all said Napa Cabernet. But the possibility of been French crossed some of their minds.
  
  I believe by the slow and prolong aeration process it opened up nicely and had no grass or green pepper notes coming from the Cabernet Franc.
  
  Good way to start 2021! My wine of the year so far. LOL.

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• Winning_Wines Likes this wine: 93 points

  February 14, 2020 - Decanted for 1hr. Extremely hot to the point that my wife actually had a hard time drinking it. The heat did slowly die off over the course of another hour plus. After that the dark fruits, lead pencil, oak, and cedar really started to show. This is in a great place if you can get past the heat.

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• forgivenfool Likes this wine: 93 points

  August 23, 2019 - 2nd bottle of the '07, better than I remembered from the first. Decanted but didn't need to, consistent from first sip to last. Hints of Merlot and Cabernet Franc, blah, blah, blah, I just know it was smooth and delicious. The good wife loved it, so I'll be seeking out some more, may try a more recent vintage as this was probably nearing the end of its prime

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2007
• Type Red
• Producer Amuse Bouche
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Pending Delivery 12 (1%)
• In Cellars 555 (59%)
• Consumed 366 (39%)

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