Dark garnet color. Looks big. Nose of candied red cherries, vanilla - definitely can smell the oak. Very concentrated strawberry and cherry on the palate with nice acidity. Some heat on the back end. Nice wine.
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Shane Finley Visits The OC (Fratello's Laguna Niguel): Tasted upon opening and then later in the meal to create a final TN. Lots of nice spice on the wine (not brown spice) but spice in the aromatics. With 30% whole cluster, this I am sure adds some to the mix. Lots of darker fruit, but more blue to me than black, along with what my notes say was a hint of cranberry. Forest floor with some tart on the edge and even some loam on the finish. Damn solid with a star next to my notes.
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8/26/2010 - cbkamp wrote: 90 Points
Dark garnet color. Looks big. Nose of candied red cherries, vanilla - definitely can smell the oak. Very concentrated strawberry and cherry on the palate with nice acidity. Some heat on the back end. Nice wine.
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2/3/2010 - Frank Murray III wrote:
Shane Finley Visits The OC (Fratello's Laguna Niguel): Tasted upon opening and then later in the meal to create a final TN. Lots of nice spice on the wine (not brown spice) but spice in the aromatics. With 30% whole cluster, this I am sure adds some to the mix. Lots of darker fruit, but more blue to me than black, along with what my notes say was a hint of cranberry. Forest floor with some tart on the edge and even some loam on the finish. Damn solid with a star next to my notes.
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8/22/2009 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 88 Points
Lunch with Shane Finley, Shane Syrahs and Spell Pinots (Restaurant Eloise, Sebastopol, California): Barrel sample - black cherry red color; green and berry nose; tart black fruit, berry palate with green notes; medium-plus finish 88-91 pts. (25-30% whole cluster; 7 barrel blend; 35-40% new oak; Pommard and clone 23)
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