what a smooth wine - nice job with a merlot. Structure breaks down slightly upon swishing but fruit generally holds together and displays a fruity taste - feels like its barely holding on to the fruit almost like a berry that is on the border of being too ripe. Did you ever bite into a peach and have part of it be firm and part of it mushy? that is what this wine is like - its right on the border of a very very good merlot but completely consistent or complex it is not. I liked it for the money and would drink it again over many wines 4x its price - very impressed with this WA State wine.
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This wine was really nice and perfectly balanced after corking and held up really great for first 30 minutes - would have given it a 96 had it continued. Nice fruit on the nose, balanced tannins, nice body and full finish just delicious. It changed rapidly though and became a bit flabby after about 30 minutes - thus the 92 rating. But for first 30 minutes, one of the best aged napa wines I've ever had!
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2002 Atalon Cabernet Sauvignon
9/15/2017 - BWebb wrote: 92 Points
This wine is drinking great with lots of life left - aging like a great bordeaux
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2012 Charles Smith Merlot
6/7/2016 - BWebb wrote: 90 Points
what a smooth wine - nice job with a merlot. Structure breaks down slightly upon swishing but fruit generally holds together and displays a fruity taste - feels like its barely holding on to the fruit almost like a berry that is on the border of being too ripe. Did you ever bite into a peach and have part of it be firm and part of it mushy? that is what this wine is like - its right on the border of a very very good merlot but completely consistent or complex it is not. I liked it for the money and would drink it again over many wines 4x its price - very impressed with this WA State wine.
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1999 Venge Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Family Reserve
5/20/2016 - BWebb wrote: 92 Points
This wine was really nice and perfectly balanced after corking and held up really great for first 30 minutes - would have given it a 96 had it continued. Nice fruit on the nose, balanced tannins, nice body and full finish just delicious. It changed rapidly though and became a bit flabby after about 30 minutes - thus the 92 rating. But for first 30 minutes, one of the best aged napa wines I've ever had!
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