Upon first taste, this tasted (and smelled) somewhat generic and quite ripe. I decanted it for hours and it came around to be a very nice wine. The nose never really opened up, but there is lovely dark fruit present, fine tannins, and a very balanced palate with a decently long finish. I think there is some good upside to waiting on this for a few years.
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Youthful and sleek, with clean notes of black raspberries and cherries over earthy tones of herbs, licorice, and a whiff of toast. Shows plenty of structure and a wonderful streak of minerality that cuts through its muscular and mid-bodied frame. Drink or hold.
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Quite nice. Muscular with fine tannin and darker fruit profile showing the vintage. Well judged and balanced. Has some upside too given the structure, though didn't get a lot of depth.
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I didn't not really like it at the price. Reserved aromatics, plush initially on the palette and then a grainy mouthfeel and spiced mid palette emerges where the cherry turns to an underdeveloped fruit. Finish is actually slightly bitter. Unbalanced acidity, fruit & tannin here !! Deserves a lower score but I am being generous out of respect for the wine.
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One Variety -- 3 Price-Points, Blind (Los Olivos, CA): Served blind in a flight of three of the same grape variety, in this case all from 2018: one inexpensive, one, mid-range and one high-end. Dense and somewhat unyielding at this youthful stage, with plenty of red fruit and some spice, but very little in the way of nuance or texture. To my mind this was edged out by a non-single vineyard Sta. Rita Hills Pinot from Dragonette, in what was an underwhelming flight dragged down even more by the Meiomi. I have to say others liked this more than I did.
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Burgundy, Day 1 (Beaune, France): A slightly plusher version of this village wine. There's a nice roundedness to the red fruit here, but it's on the back end where you get just a very mild hit of roastedness. Nonetheless, that's easy to overlook as this is just a really charming and juicy example.
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11/20/2022 - trumpet60201 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Upon first taste, this tasted (and smelled) somewhat generic and quite ripe. I decanted it for hours and it came around to be a very nice wine. The nose never really opened up, but there is lovely dark fruit present, fine tannins, and a very balanced palate with a decently long finish. I think there is some good upside to waiting on this for a few years.
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11/2/2022 - Baron Slick wrote: 92 Points
Youthful and sleek, with clean notes of black raspberries and cherries over earthy tones of herbs, licorice, and a whiff of toast. Shows plenty of structure and a wonderful streak of minerality that cuts through its muscular and mid-bodied frame. Drink or hold.
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8/28/2022 - Nutty08 wrote: 91 Points
Quite nice. Muscular with fine tannin and darker fruit profile showing the vintage. Well judged and balanced. Has some upside too given the structure, though didn't get a lot of depth.
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3/7/2022 - tak4 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Louis Jadot 2020 barrel sample tasting (Branch Line, Watertown MA): Black fruit, great balance on palate, not heavy
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9/11/2021 - tomoem wrote: 89 Points
Anniversary dinner at Grand Cafe Morristown.
I didn't not really like it at the price. Reserved aromatics, plush initially on the palette and then a grainy mouthfeel and spiced mid palette emerges where the cherry turns to an underdeveloped fruit. Finish is actually slightly bitter. Unbalanced acidity, fruit & tannin here !! Deserves a lower score but I am being generous out of respect for the wine.
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3/22/2021 - JonnyG Likes this wine: 89 Points
One Variety -- 3 Price-Points, Blind (Los Olivos, CA): Served blind in a flight of three of the same grape variety, in this case all from 2018: one inexpensive, one, mid-range and one high-end. Dense and somewhat unyielding at this youthful stage, with plenty of red fruit and some spice, but very little in the way of nuance or texture. To my mind this was edged out by a non-single vineyard Sta. Rita Hills Pinot from Dragonette, in what was an underwhelming flight dragged down even more by the Meiomi. I have to say others liked this more than I did.
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2/11/2020 - Nanda wrote:
Tasting at Louis Jadot (Beaune): Ripe and forward aromas of black cherry and meaty spice. Plush and bright on the palate. Drinks well young. 87-89
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2/11/2020 - acyso wrote: 90 Points
Burgundy, Day 1 (Beaune, France): A slightly plusher version of this village wine. There's a nice roundedness to the red fruit here, but it's on the back end where you get just a very mild hit of roastedness. Nonetheless, that's easy to overlook as this is just a really charming and juicy example.
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