Good. Clear, medium ruby with a garnet rim. Clean, medium (-) nose of cherry, currants, strawberry and sweet oak. Dry, medium acid, medium grippy tannins, medium alcohol, medium (+) body, medium (+) flavour intensity of strawberry and raspberry. Medium (+) length. Good, with much further to go, lacks typicity and lacks the complexity for a higher rating. Can drink now, but will improve with further ageing.
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This one needs a few more years. Certainly approachable now, and definitely pleasant to drink, but it just seems to need some more time to truly flourish, and seems to have to structure to evolve.
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5/16/2017 - G_Talbot wrote:
Good.
Clear, medium ruby with a garnet rim.
Clean, medium (-) nose of cherry, currants, strawberry and sweet oak.
Dry, medium acid, medium grippy tannins, medium alcohol, medium (+) body, medium (+) flavour intensity of strawberry and raspberry. Medium (+) length.
Good, with much further to go, lacks typicity and lacks the complexity for a higher rating.
Can drink now, but will improve with further ageing.
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3/15/2016 - SteveVermeer Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very nice wine, we had it with salmon in a lite orange sauce. Brought out the fruit very nicely. Good wine
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12/4/2015 - CHINACAT wrote: 89 Points
Ripe red fruits and a bit steely. Still a little young and austere, but showing some charms. A nice village wine that should continue to evolve.
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7/26/2013 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
IPNC Lunches and Dinners; 7/26/2013-7/27/2013 (McMinnville OR): Spice driven start, slightly floral. Black and red fruit aromas, more black on palate. Very open and forward start, then firms up middle to finish.
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2/11/2013 - WineGeneral wrote: 88 Points
This one needs a few more years. Certainly approachable now, and definitely pleasant to drink, but it just seems to need some more time to truly flourish, and seems to have to structure to evolve.
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