Medium weight, medium acidity. Good structure and balance. Tannins are a bit dusty and drying. The fruit on this is fading but showing cassis, black-cherry, and a pluminess. Bit of bitterness to the fruit. Getting an element of greenness .... herbal tones and tomatoes. This bit takes over in the mid palate to finish. A bit disappointed overall given its price point. Like a bordeaux from a cool year.
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The 2011 Haiku turned out to be a bit of a letdown: starting with a somewhat unclean nose (weird mix of stable funk and dried tomatoes, which never really blew off) and continuing with a rather unbalanced impression on the palate; dark and ripe fruit mingling with overly green/unripe notes. I’m far from being a winemaker but I suspect the Cabernet Franc messed this cuvée up quite a bit. Not convincing.
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11/9/2023 - Ajvandet Likes this wine: 93 Points
Perfect wine. Smooth like silk
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9/1/2021 - OttawaB Likes this wine: 91 Points
Medium weight, medium acidity. Good structure and balance. Tannins are a bit dusty and drying. The fruit on this is fading but showing cassis, black-cherry, and a pluminess. Bit of bitterness to the fruit. Getting an element of greenness .... herbal tones and tomatoes. This bit takes over in the mid palate to finish. A bit disappointed overall given its price point. Like a bordeaux from a cool year.
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2/27/2021 - ChâteauneufDuPfaff Does not like this wine: 87 Points
The 2011 Haiku turned out to be a bit of a letdown: starting with a somewhat unclean nose (weird mix of stable funk and dried tomatoes, which never really blew off) and continuing with a rather unbalanced impression on the palate; dark and ripe fruit mingling with overly green/unripe notes. I’m far from being a winemaker but I suspect the Cabernet Franc messed this cuvée up quite a bit. Not convincing.
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12/19/2020 - Cipivts Likes this wine: 90 Points
Violets, spices, black fruit, good balance, overall nice
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2/7/2020 - WineGuyX Does not like this wine: 87 Points
This is disappointing. Completely unclean nose, this is devoid of generosity and fruit. Good, streamlined structure. 87
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