From a Tasting Room 50 ml, unscrewed and poured. Nose: Medium expressiveness, gamey, oak, smoke, licorice and dark fruit - plum. Palate: Medium bodied, muted flavors of dark fruit up front with an acidic kick thru the mid-palate, back-end shows resurgent sweet dark fruit flavor and a surprising creaminess - but it's youth shows as rough edges are apparent. Finish: Medium length finish of tart dark fruit.
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Served about 60 degrees with grilled grouper. Cola, black cherry, cherry on the nose. On palate, black cherry, soy, cherry, tobacco with full body & medium+ finish. Actuallly went well with the grouper. My in-laws and wife enjoyed as well. At peak drinking IMO - bought at random from Chapel Hill Wine Store. 90-91 range - would buy again though an drink 3-4 years from vintage date Will not say "drink now" given cellar conditions were not optimal.
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Barrel sample Pinot Noir 09 Fruit! Ooooak, Soft, Not too much “Pinot sour apple cherry flavour. Can't tell too much at this stage, but was very pleasant and easy drinking.
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1/30/2016 - Cali vino Likes this wine: 90 Points
Consistent with last bottle. Flavors of plum, cherry. Had a long finish. Very nice.
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12/25/2015 - Cali vino Likes this wine: 90 Points
Just as delicious as the last bottle last month!
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11/25/2015 - Cali vino Likes this wine: 90 Points
Aromas of black plum & cherry. Detected some cranberry taste, long finish. Lovely.
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7/17/2015 - KellyAndRob wrote: flawed
Too late :(
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4/14/2013 - Pipcelot Does not like this wine: 86 Points
Light strawberry on the nose but nasally challenged overall. Cola and carbonation on the palate. Not very tasty at all, and weak on the back end.
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12/29/2012 - prasm wrote: 88 Points
From a Tasting Room 50 ml, unscrewed and poured. Nose: Medium expressiveness, gamey, oak, smoke, licorice and dark fruit - plum. Palate: Medium bodied, muted flavors of dark fruit up front with an acidic kick thru the mid-palate, back-end shows resurgent sweet dark fruit flavor and a surprising creaminess - but it's youth shows as rough edges are apparent. Finish: Medium length finish of tart dark fruit.
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10/7/2012 - Philman15 wrote: 89 Points
Really enjoyed this wine, very smooth with dark fruits.
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8/26/2012 - CWilliam wrote: 90 Points
Served about 60 degrees with grilled grouper. Cola, black cherry, cherry on the nose. On palate, black cherry, soy, cherry, tobacco with full body & medium+ finish. Actuallly went well with the grouper. My in-laws and wife enjoyed as well. At peak drinking IMO - bought at random from Chapel Hill Wine Store. 90-91 range - would buy again though an drink 3-4 years from vintage date Will not say "drink now" given cellar conditions were not optimal.
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8/22/2012 - rlleigh wrote: 91 Points
Excellent w fish
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12/24/2011 - jcsf420 wrote: 90 Points
Christmas Eve dinner wine. This one was pretty impressive butno formal notes taken.
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4/27/2011 - richardhod Likes this wine:
Barrel sample Pinot Noir 09
Fruit! Ooooak, Soft, Not too much “Pinot sour apple cherry flavour.
Can't tell too much at this stage, but was very pleasant and easy drinking.
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