Primary color. Smokey aromas. Classy entry. Dark fruit melange. Medium, clean finish. I expect this will improve with another 2-5 years in the cellar. 92
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Lovely. Incredibly floral on the nose, settled down after only 30 minutes and presented a mix of blueberry and blackberry with a soft graphite finish. I think now is the time to drink this.
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Dark plum color with tart fruit aromas. Blueberry is the dominant impression on the tip of the tongue--with, maybe, a suggestion of anise. Graphite sensation mid-palate. Surprisingly, light on tannin makes this wine quite approachable.
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Nose is boysenberry, cinnamon,..graphite… Graphite hit up front, then amalgamation of tannin blue/black fruit Leading to a balanced finish but still drying tannins…. Good drinking experience…certainly stays far away from a Caymus over extracted fruit bomb…feels like maybe could use a year or two..
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Last bottle of this nice '16 in the cellar....opened for HMC during/after dinner as our other bottles were getting low. Very dark, black fruit to start, maybe a tad course in the mouth but within one hour in the decanter this one changed dramatically. It became smooth, and much deeper in the fruit with a tad of dark red fruit also showing up. It's a solid wine and very well balanced at this stage.....and has performed/scored very consistently over the past 3-4 years for me. No real drop off as of yet coming up on 6 years of age. Definitely benefits from a few hours of air at this stage.
Wow! This was seriously good. Boysenberry, blueberry, currants - interesting fruit flavors, and a little chocolate, with a very luxurious mouthfeel. I found the tannins supple and subtle. I have been enjoying trying out the different Myriad wines, and this so far has been one of my favorites particularly on a QPR basis.
Not fair to have this on the heels of the other Myriad tonight, but had to keep it in the vintage of '16.....much darker black raspberry fruit....different brambly texture. Touch of charcoal. Very well balanced but through no fault of its own lacks the pedigree of both of the Cranes from earlier this evening......still, could possibly be the best wine of many a lifetimes to many people. We are truly blessed!
ps.....last glass of the night after being open for 5 hours and it shines a point more, 96 at the close. Deep red/black fruit, more complexity and more weight given the added time in the glass. A riveting wine with great acidity even at the end.
Great Napa cab. Large scaled and ripe with considerable depth, but well balanced. My wife, who generally doesn’t like the scale/ripeness of Napa cab was a big fan. Mix of currants and classic notes, quite fresh and concentrated. Tannins are there but pleasant and adding structure. Mild chocolate notes on the finish.
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3 hour decant. no flab, oak is in balance (or whatever that means). serious amount of acid and tannin, some may find that unusual for a mike smith wine. this reminds me of like an old school Viader back when they made decent wine.
30 min decant. Needs much more and time in the bottle. It is very well structured and balanced already. Just needs time to unwind and open up that fruit. Great texture and mouthfeel.
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I really liked this cab. If tasted blind I would never have guessed that it is a Mike Smith cab and secondly I would have thought it was not 100% cab, maybe cab franc. It was softer than most of Mike's cabs, in a very good way. Smooth, balanced, just a great cab. Unfortunately I have no more of this vintage.
The wine has great personality and nice balance, it is quite tasty, in fact better than any other that l have tried from this appellation. Full bodied with a dark purple/ red color, good extraction and flavors. Nice dark, ripe black and blueberry fruit, cream de cassis, pencil shavings with the right amount acidity at this point. I don’t typically buy a lot from the Three Twins appellation. I’ve tried Stone the Crow, and although good, it didn’t quite overwhelm me, this 2016 Three Twins is the best that I’ve tasted. 94+ Points.
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Initially a 93 but improved with time and air. Deeper, more complex nose and taste profile than the Napa Valley but it also takes about an hour to emerge. Give this a little time and you'll find it the best bang for the buck in the Myriad stable. Thanks to HowellMountainCru for opening.
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Coravin pour along side of Myriad Napa. Very similar plush, low acid, ready-to-drink-early wines. Fruit more black than blue or red. Napa was smoky, dense, chocolate, French oak dominated. Three twins was a bit more restrained and more balanced but with a similar profile. Both in the 93-94 range IMO. Day 2 opened up an showed more balance and finesses . 94
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This wine is good, even great, but I don’t see the 97+ that Lisa from WA gave it last month. The nose has nice black fruits, camp fire smoke, leather and oak. Big body with more dark berries and some plum. More smoke near the finish which is a nice 20+ seconds of mouth watering goodness. My first 3 twins, and Quite a different wine from the Crane or G3 offerings, but a solid wine. Myriad consistently offers great QPR, but I’m still not sure this warrants a 97+... This did improve with air, so I’m curious to see how my next bottle evolves in a couple years.
Dark purple fruit - blackberry, dark currants, and a little dark cherry. Like Mike's other 2016 cabs, really smooth coupled with a nice purity, however, I thought the fruit came across a little lighter in comparison to most of his other 2016 cabs. Like the Quivet Pellet cab, I believe the 3 Twins fruit tends to need a year or two for it to fill-out/add some weight. Nice vibrant flavors of dark berries, some spice, and a little graphite component. Fairly long finish. Apparently the bottles were open for a couple hours in light of a prior tasting. 100% cab.
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Nice dark purple, blue color and nose. On the palate dark and ripe blue and black berry fruit, hints of coca, tobacco notes, nice concentration and extraction along with some tannins. In the past, this has not been a favorite, this vintage is pretty impressive. 93-95 Points.
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11/7/2023 - swade wrote: 92 Points
Primary color. Smokey aromas. Classy entry. Dark fruit melange. Medium, clean finish. I expect this will improve with another 2-5 years in the cellar. 92
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2/25/2023 - Gnieboer Likes this wine: 94 Points
Lovely. Incredibly floral on the nose, settled down after only 30 minutes and presented a mix of blueberry and blackberry with a soft graphite finish. I think now is the time to drink this.
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7/10/2022 - KJD45$ Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very good but stops way short of memorably great…
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5/8/2022 - EMark Likes this wine:
Dark plum color with tart fruit aromas. Blueberry is the dominant impression on the tip of the tongue--with, maybe, a suggestion of anise. Graphite sensation mid-palate. Surprisingly, light on tannin makes this wine quite approachable.
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3/26/2022 - KJD45$ Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nose is boysenberry, cinnamon,..graphite…
Graphite hit up front, then amalgamation of tannin blue/black fruit
Leading to a balanced finish but still drying tannins….
Good drinking experience…certainly stays far away from a Caymus over extracted fruit bomb…feels like maybe could use a year or two..
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3/9/2022 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 95 Points
Last bottle of this nice '16 in the cellar....opened for HMC during/after dinner as our other bottles were getting low. Very dark, black fruit to start, maybe a tad course in the mouth but within one hour in the decanter this one changed dramatically. It became smooth, and much deeper in the fruit with a tad of dark red fruit also showing up. It's a solid wine and very well balanced at this stage.....and has performed/scored very consistently over the past 3-4 years for me. No real drop off as of yet coming up on 6 years of age. Definitely benefits from a few hours of air at this stage.
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1/17/2021 - sonodoc Likes this wine: 96 Points
Wow! This was seriously good. Boysenberry, blueberry, currants - interesting fruit flavors, and a little chocolate, with a very luxurious mouthfeel. I found the tannins supple and subtle. I have been enjoying trying out the different Myriad wines, and this so far has been one of my favorites particularly on a QPR basis.
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1/16/2021 - Venezia wrote: 95 Points
nose: boysenberry pie and hint of cedar
taste: well integrated tannins, dark fruits, tobacco,
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12/20/2020 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 95 Points
Not fair to have this on the heels of the other Myriad tonight, but had to keep it in the vintage of '16.....much darker black raspberry fruit....different brambly texture. Touch of charcoal. Very well balanced but through no fault of its own lacks the pedigree of both of the Cranes from earlier this evening......still, could possibly be the best wine of many a lifetimes to many people. We are truly blessed!
ps.....last glass of the night after being open for 5 hours and it shines a point more, 96 at the close. Deep red/black fruit, more complexity and more weight given the added time in the glass. A riveting wine with great acidity even at the end.
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11/7/2020 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Great Napa cab. Large scaled and ripe with considerable depth, but well balanced. My wife, who generally doesn’t like the scale/ripeness of Napa cab was a big fan. Mix of currants and classic notes, quite fresh and concentrated. Tannins are there but pleasant and adding structure. Mild chocolate notes on the finish.
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9/10/2020 - Crawfordesquire Likes this wine: 95 Points
3 hour decant. no flab, oak is in balance (or whatever that means). serious amount of acid and tannin, some may find that unusual for a mike smith wine.
this reminds me of like an old school Viader back when they made decent wine.
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7/31/2020 - Justinwine wrote: 93 Points
enjoyed
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6/28/2020 - twither Likes this wine: 95 Points
This was very good. 94-95.
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3/8/2020 - Stevethebeav Likes this wine: 92 Points
30 min decant. Needs much more and time in the bottle. It is very well structured and balanced already. Just needs time to unwind and open up that fruit. Great texture and mouthfeel.
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1/31/2020 - michigan dogs Likes this wine: 94 Points
I really liked this cab. If tasted blind I would never have guessed that it is a Mike Smith cab and secondly I would have thought it was not 100% cab, maybe cab franc. It was softer than most of Mike's cabs, in a very good way. Smooth, balanced, just a great cab. Unfortunately I have no more of this vintage.
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11/23/2019 - Yack Man Likes this wine: 95 Points
The wine has great personality and nice balance, it is quite tasty, in fact better than any other that l have tried from this appellation. Full bodied with a dark purple/ red color, good extraction and flavors. Nice dark, ripe black and blueberry fruit, cream de cassis, pencil shavings with the right amount acidity at this point. I don’t typically buy a lot from the Three Twins appellation. I’ve tried Stone the Crow, and although good, it didn’t quite overwhelm me, this 2016 Three Twins is the best that I’ve tasted. 94+ Points.
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8/31/2019 - ageverett Likes this wine: 94 Points
Got maybe two hours of air. Went great with steaks.
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8/5/2019 - Rktekt3 wrote: 93 Points
PNP. It was nice to begin with but within an hour had opened up and integrated. After about two hours the fruit really started to show.
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11/27/2018 - Mark1npt wrote: 94 Points
Initially a 93 but improved with time and air. Deeper, more complex nose and taste profile than the Napa Valley but it also takes about an hour to emerge. Give this a little time and you'll find it the best bang for the buck in the Myriad stable. Thanks to HowellMountainCru for opening.
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11/26/2018 - HowellMountainCru Likes this wine: 94 Points
Coravin pour along side of Myriad Napa. Very similar plush, low acid, ready-to-drink-early wines. Fruit more black than blue or red. Napa was smoky, dense, chocolate, French oak dominated. Three twins was a bit more restrained and more balanced but with a similar profile. Both in the 93-94 range IMO.
Day 2 opened up an showed more balance and finesses . 94
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11/4/2018 - bplant13 Likes this wine: 94 Points
This wine is good, even great, but I don’t see the 97+ that Lisa from WA gave it last month. The nose has nice black fruits, camp fire smoke, leather and oak. Big body with more dark berries and some plum. More smoke near the finish which is a nice 20+ seconds of mouth watering goodness. My first 3 twins, and Quite a different wine from the Crane or G3 offerings, but a solid wine. Myriad consistently offers great QPR, but I’m still not sure this warrants a 97+... This did improve with air, so I’m curious to see how my next bottle evolves in a couple years.
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7/21/2018 - Badmonkey wrote: 93 Points
Dark purple fruit - blackberry, dark currants, and a little dark cherry. Like Mike's other 2016 cabs, really smooth coupled with a nice purity, however, I thought the fruit came across a little lighter in comparison to most of his other 2016 cabs. Like the Quivet Pellet cab, I believe the 3 Twins fruit tends to need a year or two for it to fill-out/add some weight. Nice vibrant flavors of dark berries, some spice, and a little graphite component. Fairly long finish. Apparently the bottles were open for a couple hours in light of a prior tasting. 100% cab.
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7/14/2018 - Yack Man Likes this wine: 94 Points
Nice dark purple, blue color and nose. On the palate dark and ripe blue and black berry fruit, hints of coca, tobacco notes, nice concentration and extraction along with some tannins. In the past, this has not been a favorite, this vintage is pretty impressive. 93-95 Points.
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