Explosive nose up opening but faded over the evening. Aromatic spice, tea, and cranberry notes. Apparent whole cluster influence. Palate is fine, rounded fruit with some bitter stem notes on the back end. Delicious and somewhat exotic. Fades on the finish with a tinny metallic note as the major clue this may be slightly past peak, though I enjoyed more than my last bottle 2yrs ago.
Woodward Cellar Emptying; 5/15/2020-5/16/2020 (Woodyville): Perfectly mature OPN! Soft round mouthfeel, Rainier cherry, plum, earth, forest, spice, a hint of oak. This one could lull you to...but there's more to drink, stay tuned! Drink now.
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Obtained from the winery on library release, this was amazing. On point and perfectly integrated. Earthen red fruit abounds. So smooth and ethereal. Yumm.
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Larger scaled riper wine than expected. Dark fruit profile. Cinnamon character on the palate and finish. Smooth palate, a little heavy—seems mature. Was hoping for more depth.
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9/10/2021 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Explosive nose up opening but faded over the evening. Aromatic spice, tea, and cranberry notes. Apparent whole cluster influence. Palate is fine, rounded fruit with some bitter stem notes on the back end. Delicious and somewhat exotic. Fades on the finish with a tinny metallic note as the major clue this may be slightly past peak, though I enjoyed more than my last bottle 2yrs ago.
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5/15/2020 - Grinner wrote: 92 Points
Woodward Cellar Emptying; 5/15/2020-5/16/2020 (Woodyville): Perfectly mature OPN! Soft round mouthfeel, Rainier cherry, plum, earth, forest, spice, a hint of oak. This one could lull you to...but there's more to drink, stay tuned! Drink now.
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5/15/2020 - jkwoodward Likes this wine: 93 Points
2nd library release just as good as the first, mature but still with good fruit. Delicious, enjoyed with Grinner
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1/31/2020 - jkwoodward Likes this wine: 94 Points
Obtained from the winery on library release, this was amazing. On point and perfectly integrated. Earthen red fruit abounds. So smooth and ethereal. Yumm.
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12/9/2019 - Nutty08 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Larger scaled riper wine than expected. Dark fruit profile. Cinnamon character on the palate and finish. Smooth palate, a little heavy—seems mature. Was hoping for more depth.
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