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Red
2008 Five Star Cellars Quinque Astrum
SuperTuscan Blend
- USA
- Washington
- Columbia Valley
- Walla Walla Valley
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Community Tasting Notes 13
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SeattlePaul wrote: 85 points
June 10, 2018 - Not a lot going on with any kind of fruit but a truckload of tannin.
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SeattlePaul wrote: 87 points
January 22, 2016 - Not bad, but didn't blow me away. Just somehow missing something but not in the sense of being too old, just didn't have the excitement one would hope for.
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dala4 Likes this wine: 89 points
May 21, 2013 - Very fruit forward with plum and black cherry. Virtually no tannins. Nice wine that is drinkable without any real minerality.
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jmoskow wrote: 84 points
January 12, 2013 - Viscous dark fruits. Not much of anything else but the fruit forward notes carry the wine.
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Wineasaurus Rex wrote: 92 points
June 5, 2012 - Still too young. Because of the Super Tuscan structure, this wine does best with food and will age another 5-10 years.
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Wine Definition
- Vintage 2008
- Type Red
- Producer Five Star Cellars
- Varietal SuperTuscan Blend
- Designation Quinque Astrum
- Vineyard n/a
- Country USA
- Region Washington
- SubRegion Columbia Valley
- Appellation Walla Walla Valley
Community Holdings
- Pending Delivery 0 (0%)
- In Cellars 60 (23%)
- Consumed 196 (77%)
Food Pairing
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- ProducerFive Star Cellars
- VarietySuperTuscan Blend
- CountryUSA
- RegionWashington
- SubRegionColumbia Valley
- AppellationWalla Walla Valley
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