Translucent garnet-tinged magenta. Raspberry, earth, and cola nose. Medium to full bodied, dirty cranberries, black cherries, white pepper, still unresolved tannins, smoke, and a sharp cherry-laced finish. It's young; I should have decanted. Solid for the price.
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Decanted 1 hour. Drank with a sophisticated wine pal, and neither of us was impressed. He’s used to Pahlmeyer, but this one was too simple to buy again.
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A gift from the gang at West of temperance. Pop and pour. Big mistake. I grabbed this to pair with a filet mignon and it was the perfect pairing just in three more years. 30 minutes in the decanter helped. This is a beautiful wine with tremendous structure which needs more cellar time. The color is a deep crystalline garnet. There's a tremendous herbaceous note on the attack with rawhide. Combined with the dark cherry fruit, crushed black pepper and the very prickly tannins. Old world style and class. A tremendous wine.
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A bit lighter in body and missing some structure that would make it more substantial and, essentially, more interesting. It’s a very easy drinking red at this point.
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6/27/2020 - merryberry Likes this wine: 89 Points
Translucent garnet-tinged magenta. Raspberry, earth, and cola nose. Medium to full bodied, dirty cranberries, black cherries, white pepper, still unresolved tannins, smoke, and a sharp cherry-laced finish. It's young; I should have decanted. Solid for the price.
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5/11/2019 - maxmanx wrote:
Decanted 1 hour. Drank with a sophisticated wine pal, and neither of us was impressed. He’s used to Pahlmeyer, but this one was too simple to buy again.
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2/9/2019 - brigcampbell wrote:
A gift from the gang at West of temperance. Pop and pour. Big mistake. I grabbed this to pair with a filet mignon and it was the perfect pairing just in three more years. 30 minutes in the decanter helped. This is a beautiful wine with tremendous structure which needs more cellar time. The color is a deep crystalline garnet. There's a tremendous herbaceous note on the attack with rawhide. Combined with the dark cherry fruit, crushed black pepper and the very prickly tannins. Old world style and class. A tremendous wine.
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12/31/2018 - EMTAME wrote: 86 Points
A bit lighter in body and missing some structure that would make it more substantial and, essentially, more interesting. It’s a very easy drinking red at this point.
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10/6/2017 - Mootsie Likes this wine: 93 Points
Big change from my earlier review. These are ready to go now. Pepper, slight anise with a nice clove mocha finish. Needs an hour decant.
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5/23/2017 - Mootsie Likes this wine: 93 Points
Needs a couple years yet, but great old world Merlot.
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