Beautiful dark California red blend that was pretty closed up coming out of the bottle, even after almost 8 years (a 2005 drank in early 2013). Once decanted we got some characteristically thick, dark berry in the nose and on the palate. We drank it with some just spicy soup with grilled goat cheese, and it cut through both beautifully.
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Solid wine overall. Very well integrated now at full maturity. This will not blow you away but its a very good Tuesday wine. Dark fruits and a medium finish. No other notes taken.
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Wow. Drink now and don't stop, Really nice at the start, fresh berries, slight tobacco, real easy drinking. Went to dinner, left decanted for a couple of hours and that's when every thing went south. Completely fell apart. Nice bottle to open and enjoy. Just don't stop.
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1/5/2013 - wine30flight Likes this wine: 88 Points
Beautiful dark California red blend that was pretty closed up coming out of the bottle, even after almost 8 years (a 2005 drank in early 2013). Once decanted we got some characteristically thick, dark berry in the nose and on the palate. We drank it with some just spicy soup with grilled goat cheese, and it cut through both beautifully.
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5/12/2011 - BMG Wine wrote: 88 Points
Solid wine overall. Very well integrated now at full maturity. This will not blow you away but its a very good Tuesday wine. Dark fruits and a medium finish. No other notes taken.
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3/27/2010 - Wine Pair wrote: 86 Points
Wow. Drink now and don't stop, Really nice at the start, fresh berries, slight tobacco, real easy drinking. Went to dinner, left decanted for a couple of hours and that's when every thing went south. Completely fell apart. Nice bottle to open and enjoy. Just don't stop.
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2/25/2010 - Kylewatkins wrote: 92 Points
Excellent bottle I love this stuff!!
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2/28/2009 - dbarco wrote: 86 Points
Fruity and soft, blueberries and plum.
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11/8/2008 - zithelp wrote: 83 Points
nose hint of blackberries, but the tannins overpowered the taste and overall was rather bland.
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5/10/2008 - MountainMak wrote: 87 Points
pretty decent blend. opened up a bit on the second day. I bought it for the label (go figure), but the wine turned out nice.
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