Friday Group Brown Bag Tasting (R&D's): Double blind. Dark color with aromas of blackberry liqueur, cassis and brown sugar. Firm yet dine tannins on the palate, with flavors of plum and cassis, brown sugar and chocolate. Lingering finish. Easy to pick out as a Napa cab. None of the bouillon notes found in a prior example, and much more enjoyable in this big, ripe style.
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4th Saturday Group: Uptown Brown Bag (T&L's): Double blind. Dark color. Aromas of currants, brown sugar; forward, sweet grapey fruit. Tannins are firm but fine, supporting flavors of cassis, blueberry, brown sugar and blackberry. As it opens it begins to show a bouillon note that I find distracting as it appears in both the bouquet and palate. The fruit begins to show more plum as it sits. Guessed '09/'10 Napa cab sauv. This had been decanted for 1.5 hours. (RH/Spire)
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Christopher Carpenter produced wines (Fix St. James, 111 Elizabeth Street, Sydney): Deep ruby coloured. Medium plus intensity aromas of bramble, blackcurrant, black berry, very slight herbaceous notes - mint rather than eucalypt, biscuit, smoky and some cream. In the mouth the wine has medium plus acid, medium plus tannin with front of mouth grip, course but not unripe and on the cusp of being too drying but just the right side of that fine line for me. Blackberry, bramble, spice, built to age but a bit out of whack at the mo'.
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4/15/2022 - AllRed wrote: 93 Points
Friday Group Brown Bag Tasting (R&D's): Double blind. Dark color with aromas of blackberry liqueur, cassis and brown sugar. Firm yet dine tannins on the palate, with flavors of plum and cassis, brown sugar and chocolate. Lingering finish. Easy to pick out as a Napa cab. None of the bouillon notes found in a prior example, and much more enjoyable in this big, ripe style.
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9/26/2020 - AllRed wrote: 88 Points
4th Saturday Group: Uptown Brown Bag (T&L's): Double blind. Dark color. Aromas of currants, brown sugar; forward, sweet grapey fruit. Tannins are firm but fine, supporting flavors of cassis, blueberry, brown sugar and blackberry. As it opens it begins to show a bouillon note that I find distracting as it appears in both the bouquet and palate. The fruit begins to show more plum as it sits. Guessed '09/'10 Napa cab sauv. This had been decanted for 1.5 hours. (RH/Spire)
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5/18/2014 - jstone4 Likes this wine: 98 Points
Excellent Wine...well worth the price
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3/19/2013 - chatters wrote:
Christopher Carpenter produced wines (Fix St. James, 111 Elizabeth Street, Sydney): Deep ruby coloured. Medium plus intensity aromas of bramble, blackcurrant, black berry, very slight herbaceous notes - mint rather than eucalypt, biscuit, smoky and some cream. In the mouth the wine has medium plus acid, medium plus tannin with front of mouth grip, course but not unripe and on the cusp of being too drying but just the right side of that fine line for me. Blackberry, bramble, spice, built to age but a bit out of whack at the mo'.
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