Damn! My last bottle. What a QPR! I know I’m partial to Spring mountain fruit, this is grown lower down the mountain so this one shows more purple 42% merlot and 36% CS with 14% CF and 6% PV and 2% Malbec, this is a big Bordeaux blend that’s juicy and tasty with maturity to show so many flavor profiles at once. Why did I stop buying this wine?
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Drinking beautifully here. Big round purple fruit with some dark blackish fruit and wonderfully slathered wet stone and slight forest floor. I don’t see age benefiting tbks wine, but it depends upon taste
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Nice wine now with some age. Still needed decanting (what dimwit CT pundits said the end of the drinking window on this wine was 2017???). I will say that I've been a long time fan of the Puzzle. It was one of the first wines i collected. This wine is showing little secondary nuances although the tannins are maturing nicely, big fruit sits there and is multi-faceted, although I don't find the integration to be complete on the early palate. The most disappointing part of this wine is that it seemed a bit hot, and indeed when I checked? 15%
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9/6/2023 - Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine: 95 Points
Damn! My last bottle. What a QPR! I know I’m partial to Spring mountain fruit, this is grown lower down the mountain so this one shows more purple 42% merlot and 36% CS with 14% CF and 6% PV and 2% Malbec, this is a big Bordeaux blend that’s juicy and tasty with maturity to show so many flavor profiles at once. Why did I stop buying this wine?
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4/4/2023 - Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine: 94 Points
Really in my wheelhouse here for a Napa cab. Great balance with purple fruit l, forest floor, cigar box and black soil all coming together. Beautiful.
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1/31/2023 - Bhardy777 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Drinking wonderfully. Pop and pour.
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1/23/2019 - Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking beautifully here. Big round purple fruit with some dark blackish fruit and wonderfully slathered wet stone and slight forest floor. I don’t see age benefiting tbks wine, but it depends upon taste
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8/29/2017 - Rick 4 Wine wrote: 92 Points
Nice wine now with some age. Still needed decanting (what dimwit CT pundits said the end of the drinking window on this wine was 2017???). I will say that I've been a long time fan of the Puzzle. It was one of the first wines i collected. This wine is showing little secondary nuances although the tannins are maturing nicely, big fruit sits there and is multi-faceted, although I don't find the integration to be complete on the early palate. The most disappointing part of this wine is that it seemed a bit hot, and indeed when I checked? 15%
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