2018 Dirty and Rowdy MSG Chalone

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 89 points

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  9/22/2021 - Amerique wrote: 90 Points

  Fresh strawberry fruit, stoney flavors, early drinking wine,

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  8/25/2021 - Rieslingfan wrote:

  Opened last night spur of the moment, and followed over two nights, this is about as close to my revered ESJ Rocks & Gravel as I have tasted. It’s different, as Hardy’s wines have never had quite the same level of stuffing as Steve’s, but the soul is there, the savory is there, and the balance promises at least mid-term aging. That said, it’s delicious now, so it will take willpower (or an excessively filled cellar!) to allow me to hold a bottle more than a couple of years.

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  2/1/2021 - pryby Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Great joyous red fruit. Perfect with bbq ribs.

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  12/23/2020 - grafstrb wrote: 90 Points

  -- popped and poured --
  -- tasted non-blind over 4 hours on Day 1; revisited on Day 2 --
  -- 41% Mourvedre; 39% Syrah; 10% Grenache --
  
  NOSE: initially tight with blackberry jam aroma; a bit carbonic; very pretty, purple-berried aroma with a hint of florals; 4 hours in, and it has broadened and is absolutely rockin'! some blueberry now. Day 2: red/purple berries with slight savory aspect.
  
  BODY: light to medium-light bodied; black-violet color of great depth.
  
  TASTE: can definitely taste the Grenache; very fine tannin; light oak; dark-fruited, but not heavy or "big"; 13.5% alc. is not noticeable; clean; not earthy or funky; better after an hour open, with a slight animalistic hint. Day 2: purple fruit and florals. I enjoyed this one. Drink now with lots of air, or HOLD.
  
  50, 5, 12, 15, 8 = 90

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  8/29/2020 - Wandrewsu Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Two decant and really opened up. Typical blue fruits and + acid from D&R but extra weight from the Syrah. Would buy again

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