67% Merlot, 18% Cab Franc, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Malbec. Oak aged 36months, released 9/2007. I appreciate they barrel and bottle age longer than most wineries. Initialy, a bit on the dusky side, quite muted compared to last bottle. The palate is subtle and closed of. Decanted an hour showed little improvement with scents of herbs, plum, red fruits. Palate still lacks vivid tones & it is slightly flabby. Most of their wines exhibit a bit of a single-dimensional character, it's not a 'flaw', per se, but when tasting several in their line-up you'll get very similar notes from various varietals.
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Nice wine! Unexpectedly good. Had tasted it back in Oregon in September 2009, but this was a pleasant surpise. Wonderful fruit, a good nose and a great finish. Long and complex with 'green' spices to complement the gobs of refined fruit (no over the top syrupy extracted stuff here - yay!). 90.5 pts.
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10/8/2011 - KristyBPharmD Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very tasty... dark fruit, tobacco, nice finish.
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10/5/2011 - Kalapatar wrote:
I waited too long to drink. Not corked, but flat. will maybe use for cooking.
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10/18/2010 - VinLancaster wrote: 86 Points
67% Merlot, 18% Cab Franc, 11% Cabernet Sauvignon, 4% Malbec. Oak aged 36months, released 9/2007. I appreciate they barrel and bottle age longer than most wineries. Initialy, a bit on the dusky side, quite muted compared to last bottle. The palate is subtle and closed of. Decanted an hour showed little improvement with scents of herbs, plum, red fruits. Palate still lacks vivid tones & it is slightly flabby. Most of their wines exhibit a bit of a single-dimensional character, it's not a 'flaw', per se, but when tasting several in their line-up you'll get very similar notes from various varietals.
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2/11/2010 - Pool Boy wrote: 91 Points
Nice wine! Unexpectedly good. Had tasted it back in Oregon in September 2009, but this was a pleasant surpise. Wonderful fruit, a good nose and a great finish. Long and complex with 'green' spices to complement the gobs of refined fruit (no over the top syrupy extracted stuff here - yay!). 90.5 pts.
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11/26/2008 - jdkru wrote: 90 Points
Tasted at the Winery: Bacon and Eucalyptus very obvious on the pallet, elegant
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