2014 Booker Vineyard Vertigo 24

Community Tasting Notes (20) Avg Score: 92.2 points

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  12/26/2023 - sid_loves_wine Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Reviewing right after the 2016 "22 months" version. Both very tasty wines, but unfortunately, a little underwhelming for me. Despite my enjoyment of them in the moment, they both felt mostly very simple for their level ("fruit bombs"), lacking some expected power, and with some slight imbalance.
  
  Like the 2016, this was pretty much all black fruit on the nose, with plum/blueberry preserves, not super deep, but nicely aromatic with a gentle perfume. This 2014 was a BIT more present and interesting than the 2016, with a slight bit of baking spice or something to lend complexity to the fruit, and it was overall a bit more present. Not the kind of seriously alluring, hedonist nose I hoped for with expensive Paso, but still nice.
  
  In some ways I liked the palate here better than the 2016 (this had more structure and depth), and in some ways I liked it less, as the structure was a little off. This was the biggest difference from the '16- the tannins here were VERY gritty and coarse (a lot of Mourvedre here), where the '16 was soft and round. It was honestly a bit harsh at times, BUT it's also true that the alcohol heat was better-hidden here in the '14 also.
  
  I'm rating this one point higher than the '16, and I did absolutely enjoy both, but I don't think I would buy this cuveé again considering the price and alternative options.

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  3/11/2023 - magic2coop Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Boysenberry jam on nose, full throttle. Great structure. Dark chocolate, slight raspberry, forest floor. Impressive. Enjoy.

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  8/13/2022 - EvanJB wrote:

  Drinking great now.

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  4/11/2022 - UofM Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Another solid bottle

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  12/2/2021 - R&R Likes this wine: 94 Points

  Wow. Did not expect this to be so . . . BIG! Very rich and crammed with dark blueberries, blackberries, tar, graphite on the palate. The finish is quite long with enough tannins to make one question it's age - could easily go another 5-8 years. I regret not decanting. . .

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