River School Auction Tasting (Washington DC): A nice wine but fairly obviously new world. Decent length and good flavor. A bit outclassed by its company. Still, Carole Meredith is my hero.
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Pretty surprised at the mixed reception this gets on CellarTracker. I thought this bottle was delicious. No decanting, as it replaced a bottle from a different producer that was corked. Loads of deep, dark berry fruit, rare meat and eventually a higher toned raspberry and lavender finish. Fine balance, so I have no worries about waiting on my last bottle. This should go on quite well for another 5-10 years with no problem. Nice way to commemorate the recent release of their 2020 Syrah, which is the next to last vintage.
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Note is well after consumption, so not detailed, but given I see some off experiences of late I'll chime in. My bottle was quite sound and quite excellent, belying it's age of over 12 years. It was Northern Rhone-ish in style and very enjoyable.
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Second flawed bottle and/or poor wine with four more to go. I don't have much hope. Horrible! Purchased from WineBid.com with no hope of returning for refund or replacement. Caveat emptor!
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5/8/2023 - doctornoah Likes this wine: 88 Points
River School Auction Tasting (Washington DC): A nice wine but fairly obviously new world. Decent length and good flavor. A bit outclassed by its company. Still, Carole Meredith is my hero.
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4/6/2023 - mtaczak wrote:
my bottle was winery direct and well stored since purchased, but it also was tart and thin with little to offer 🤷♂️
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10/15/2022 - Rieslingfan wrote:
Pretty surprised at the mixed reception this gets on CellarTracker. I thought this bottle was delicious. No decanting, as it replaced a bottle from a different producer that was corked. Loads of deep, dark berry fruit, rare meat and eventually a higher toned raspberry and lavender finish. Fine balance, so I have no worries about waiting on my last bottle. This should go on quite well for another 5-10 years with no problem. Nice way to commemorate the recent release of their 2020 Syrah, which is the next to last vintage.
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2/17/2022 - MindMuse Likes this wine:
Note is well after consumption, so not detailed, but given I see some off experiences of late I'll chime in. My bottle was quite sound and quite excellent, belying it's age of over 12 years. It was Northern Rhone-ish in style and very enjoyable.
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7/11/2021 - oenophilemoose wrote: flawed
Second flawed bottle and/or poor wine with four more to go. I don't have much hope. Horrible! Purchased from WineBid.com with no hope of returning for refund or replacement. Caveat emptor!
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