Garnet color and just a touch thin across the tongue. Nice cherry fruit, tart at the end, and some strawberry on the second day. Earthy secondary notes that reclaim the finish from tartness. Well done restraint.
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Pop and pour. Grassl Cru glass. Nose offers brown spice, earthy forest floor and macerated cherries. With time open, shows fresh red berries. Nice bright tight intro with good acidity that then fans out with sour cherry, cranberry and a woodsy herbal note. Has a fresh grapey thing on the finish. Enjoyable. Second day after saving half under Vacuvin, this shows a more floral note o. the nose and the finish. Some more snappy cranberries on the intro.
Branded cork with vintage and vineyard. Good quality cork. 12 % abv.
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Opened, poured half into a decanter. Enjoyed the remainder over two days. Initially tasted with food (pap al pomodoro soup, and salmon cakes, in case you were wondering). Dark garnet color. Nose offers grape, blackberry and spice notes. Hint of herbal/whole cluster. Rich grape profile with blackberry and a vibrant tangy cranberry crunch. Nice fresh and mouth watering finish.
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A real beauty and 12% wowser. Dark, subtle cherry, trail dust, kitchen spice, a super pleasing swallow. What more could one ask from this super friendly (food friendly, too) wine? Great job Kutch team!
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Cherry, some cocoa, and earthy notes on the nose. Slight whiff of alcohol and some spice. Med body, med acid not much tannin and not much of a finish, felt like it was lacking a bit as it was pretty straight forward with some cherry, cola, a bit of earthy and spice notes but not much finesse. Not sure if this is the profile of this particular vineyard as I don’t have much experience with it but likely wouldn’t seek it out again. Definitely ok to drink now but if I were try again would wait 2-3 years to see how it progresses.
Digging this tonight. Perhaps not the most complex, but love the purity of fruit... a lot of cranberry to start, plenty of strawberry notes too. Bright acidity. Like it a lot.
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Bright mineral pinot berry aromas, purple floral fog, with undertones of mocha and baking spice. Sweet bright salty fruit on the palate with a generous acid spread in a broad tannic frame.
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Opened and decanted. Left for about 30 minutes before tasting.
Kind of a cloudy crimson. Not fully bright. Not super concentrated.
Nose is fascinating. You have to dig the schnoz in there to get all of it, but it has cherries and anise on top but deep spice notes. Allspice, cardamom, bay leaves, and Christmas spices.
On palate - wine is sound. Medium acid, medium tannins, medium-low alcohol. Wine is juicy and spicy. Acidic and stemmy, sappy attack that settles softly onto the palate for a clean, short finish.
I’d say that this style is not really for me. It’s clearly a well-executed wine and thoughtfully produced, but the flavor profile and aromatics do not really resonate. I purchased a mixed case of this and some other Kutch so I am looking forward to trying the rest of them and also seeing what a little bit of age does to them.
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Kutch and Model Farm dinner at my place in the OC (My House In The South OC): Red fruited, with acidity yet it lacks the definition of the other wines on the table tonight, which probably made it stand out to me as unlike the others. Seems a bit roasted to me and cedary. I really have a hard time getting my head around Signal Ridge. In sum, I seem to like the wine much better in July when I last tasted it and my regret today is that I didn't retaste the wine again as I left it with my son in law for him to finish.
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I really like this one, I'm a fan of strawberry and there's a shot on the nose and palate. Add in cranberry following the attack and you have a tasty wine. This comes from the highest vineyard in Medacino. The mouthfeel is gentle and comes across as feminine. Light white chalk note at finish. I like it.
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July 2018 Kutch Visit (Jamie's Pad in SFO): Last tasted this a year ago from tank, just prior to it being bottled. I find the aromatics at this stage still shy, with a brisk cherry, raspberry, strawberry and a lightly jammy purity into the finish. The acidity is zippy, with the wine at this stage showing a good red-fruited spine. It's interesting as a # of the Kutch wines we tasted with Jamie have this gentle purity of fruit that I really like, the jammy note as I call it. And it's not a gooey or overdone sweetness but instead this experience of purity. Really like it.
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Tasted from a tank sample, this is the final blend, which was just built and was being readied for bottling. This wine is made from a vineyard that is nearly 3000 feet up on the Mendo ridgeline. Very aromatic, with a light stem note. Red apple, raspberry, a bit creamy with a wild, sauvage quality. I really like SR.
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4/8/2024 - underwds wrote: 90 Points
Garnet color and just a touch thin across the tongue. Nice cherry fruit, tart at the end, and some strawberry on the second day. Earthy secondary notes that reclaim the finish from tartness. Well done restraint.
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2/11/2023 - t_moderne wrote: 93 Points
Pop and pour.
Grassl Cru glass.
Nose offers brown spice, earthy forest floor and macerated cherries. With time open, shows fresh red berries.
Nice bright tight intro with good acidity that then fans out with sour cherry, cranberry and a woodsy herbal note. Has a fresh grapey thing on the finish.
Enjoyable.
Second day after saving half under Vacuvin, this shows a more floral note o. the nose and the finish.
Some more snappy cranberries on the intro.
Branded cork with vintage and vineyard.
Good quality cork.
12 % abv.
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1/8/2021 - t_moderne wrote: 92 Points
Opened, poured half into a decanter. Enjoyed the remainder over two days. Initially tasted with food (pap al pomodoro soup, and salmon cakes, in case you were wondering).
Dark garnet color.
Nose offers grape, blackberry and spice notes. Hint of herbal/whole cluster.
Rich grape profile with blackberry and a vibrant tangy cranberry crunch. Nice fresh and mouth watering finish.
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12/28/2019 - Charlie Carnes Likes this wine: 93 Points
A real beauty and 12% wowser. Dark, subtle cherry, trail dust, kitchen spice, a super pleasing swallow. What more could one ask from this super friendly (food friendly, too) wine? Great job Kutch team!
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9/19/2019 - West Coast Wine wrote: 90 Points
Cherry, some cocoa, and earthy notes on the nose. Slight whiff of alcohol and some spice. Med body, med acid not much tannin and not much of a finish, felt like it was lacking a bit as it was pretty straight forward with some cherry, cola, a bit of earthy and spice notes but not much finesse. Not sure if this is the profile of this particular vineyard as I don’t have much experience with it but likely wouldn’t seek it out again. Definitely ok to drink now but if I were try again would wait 2-3 years to see how it progresses.
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9/7/2019 - domco wrote:
Digging this tonight. Perhaps not the most complex, but love the purity of fruit... a lot of cranberry to start, plenty of strawberry notes too. Bright acidity. Like it a lot.
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4/21/2019 - wgmccallum Likes this wine: 91 Points
Bright mineral pinot berry aromas, purple floral fog, with undertones of mocha and baking spice. Sweet bright salty fruit on the palate with a generous acid spread in a broad tannic frame.
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2/19/2019 - Gary of Spokane Likes this wine: 91 Points
lean medium bodied, interesting bouquet of red cherry grape skins and flavors of black raspberry and some plum with savory and spice in the finish.
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12/14/2018 - Gniad Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drank @ Office Xmas Party
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11/30/2018 - tak4 wrote: 88 Points
Opened and decanted. Left for about 30 minutes before tasting.
Kind of a cloudy crimson. Not fully bright. Not super concentrated.
Nose is fascinating. You have to dig the schnoz in there to get all of it, but it has cherries and anise on top but deep spice notes. Allspice, cardamom, bay leaves, and Christmas spices.
On palate - wine is sound. Medium acid, medium tannins, medium-low alcohol. Wine is juicy and spicy. Acidic and stemmy, sappy attack that settles softly onto the palate for a clean, short finish.
I’d say that this style is not really for me. It’s clearly a well-executed wine and thoughtfully produced, but the flavor profile and aromatics do not really resonate. I purchased a mixed case of this and some other Kutch so I am looking forward to trying the rest of them and also seeing what a little bit of age does to them.
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11/4/2018 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Kutch and Model Farm dinner at my place in the OC (My House In The South OC): Red fruited, with acidity yet it lacks the definition of the other wines on the table tonight, which probably made it stand out to me as unlike the others. Seems a bit roasted to me and cedary. I really have a hard time getting my head around Signal Ridge. In sum, I seem to like the wine much better in July when I last tasted it and my regret today is that I didn't retaste the wine again as I left it with my son in law for him to finish.
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8/4/2018 - brigcampbell wrote:
I really like this one, I'm a fan of strawberry and there's a shot on the nose and palate. Add in cranberry following the attack and you have a tasty wine. This comes from the highest vineyard in Medacino. The mouthfeel is gentle and comes across as feminine. Light white chalk note at finish. I like it.
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7/29/2018 - Frank Murray III wrote:
July 2018 Kutch Visit (Jamie's Pad in SFO): Last tasted this a year ago from tank, just prior to it being bottled. I find the aromatics at this stage still shy, with a brisk cherry, raspberry, strawberry and a lightly jammy purity into the finish. The acidity is zippy, with the wine at this stage showing a good red-fruited spine. It's interesting as a # of the Kutch wines we tasted with Jamie have this gentle purity of fruit that I really like, the jammy note as I call it. And it's not a gooey or overdone sweetness but instead this experience of purity. Really like it.
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7/23/2017 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Tasted from a tank sample, this is the final blend, which was just built and was being readied for bottling. This wine is made from a vineyard that is nearly 3000 feet up on the Mendo ridgeline. Very aromatic, with a light stem note. Red apple, raspberry, a bit creamy with a wild, sauvage quality. I really like SR.
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