@ John and Annabelle's, tasting of 05 Melville clones 9, 777, and 828. Out in front of the others with the best fruit and balance for current drinking and continued aging. Some secondary nuances, too.
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Ed Kurtzman Dinner - His Favs and His (Casa Murray): Lean hot nose showing plenty of typical stem inclusion along with lots of cranberry and the slightly piney character I get from SRH. Palate is a bit tight and short though it grows in the glass becoming chunky. Lots of spice. Interesting mix. Would let this sleep a couple more years.
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Ed Kurtzman Comes To Dinner (The Murray Casa): Man, still way too stemmy and as this was my last one, never will see if that quality eventually integrates. Firm palate, with blueberry but lacks some verve/edge. One noted. However, given this is a clonal bottling, I expected that.
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This was one of my 2 contributions to the dinner. I love the nose on this wine, floral and kind of fruit punchy. Palate lacks a finish but to Paul's point, who also tasted the wine, this is intended to showcase how this becomes a blending piece. Plum and nice aromatics, true to the SRH place.
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Fratello's Offline (Laguna Niguel, CA): It was really interesting to taste this wine. Fleshy notes of black cherry, boysenberry, plum, and a hint of sweet maple syrup. Someone at the table called it a pinot on steroids, but I am more likely to think that this is the juice itself. I can see how injecting this into a pinot blend would pump (plump?) it up. Hence, by itself, a tad monolithic, but the fullness and richness in the mouth is very appealling. Heat on the finish.
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11/20/2017 - Neecies Likes this wine:
@ John and Annabelle's, tasting of 05 Melville clones 9, 777, and 828. Out in front of the others with the best fruit and balance for current drinking and continued aging. Some secondary nuances, too.
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3/20/2016 - bdhanna Likes this wine: 94 Points
Wow, I love 777 !! What a surprise that a single clone would still be so wonderful a decade later. Great red fruit flavors.
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2/28/2009 - WetRock wrote:
Ed Kurtzman Dinner - His Favs and His (Casa Murray): Lean hot nose showing plenty of typical stem inclusion along with lots of cranberry and the slightly piney character I get from SRH. Palate is a bit tight and short though it grows in the glass becoming chunky. Lots of spice. Interesting mix. Would let this sleep a couple more years.
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2/28/2009 - Paul Lin wrote: 86 Points
Ed Kurtzman Comes to OC (Casa Murray - San Juan Capistrano, CA): This wine was quite different from the first time I tasted it. Herbal aromas of shiso leaf, black cherries, sarsaparilla root, and raw jalapenos. Juicy and structured on the palate.
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2/28/2009 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Ed Kurtzman Comes To Dinner (The Murray Casa): Man, still way too stemmy and as this was my last one, never will see if that quality eventually integrates. Firm palate, with blueberry but lacks some verve/edge. One noted. However, given this is a clonal bottling, I expected that.
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9/20/2007 - Frank Murray III wrote:
This was one of my 2 contributions to the dinner. I love the nose on this wine, floral and kind of fruit punchy. Palate lacks a finish but to Paul's point, who also tasted the wine, this is intended to showcase how this becomes a blending piece. Plum and nice aromatics, true to the SRH place.
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9/19/2007 - Paul Lin wrote: 89 Points
Fratello's Offline (Laguna Niguel, CA): It was really interesting to taste this wine. Fleshy notes of black cherry, boysenberry, plum, and a hint of sweet maple syrup. Someone at the table called it a pinot on steroids, but I am more likely to think that this is the juice itself. I can see how injecting this into a pinot blend would pump (plump?) it up. Hence, by itself, a tad monolithic, but the fullness and richness in the mouth is very appealling. Heat on the finish.
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5/31/2007 - Vino Me wrote: 91 Points
Opened at Anwars. This was opened alongside 2 other Melville Clones. This was more earthy than the Clone 9 and I liked it better. 90-91 points.
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5/10/2006 - kstoddard wrote: 94 Points
Barrel sample
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