Excellent. Everything you would want from a Mike Smith single vineyard wine. Luscious blueberry fruit dominating and more subtle hints of minerality and oak. Creamy and soft in texture, this is a crowd pleaser for sure. Much better than the 2012 Dr Crane I had a week ago. The only flaw, if it is one, is that it is not distinctive. Tastes similar to a lot of well-made, modern wines.
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My last bottle. This wine is still singing. Wonderfully balanced, with still some backbone. Dark fruits shine through, with a nice cassis bouquet . The Rutherford “ dust” is there and makes the wine more complex as you work your way through the bottle .
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Drinking beautifully. Blueberry and flowery aromas. Gorgeous, round, ripe plum and dark fruit flavors. You often hear the description "purity of fruit" and this wine at this point exemplifies this. Fine grained tannins with a bit of spice and menthol on the finish.
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6/21/2022 - Jonathan T Likes this wine: 95 Points
Excellent. Everything you would want from a Mike Smith single vineyard wine. Luscious blueberry fruit dominating and more subtle hints of minerality and oak. Creamy and soft in texture, this is a crowd pleaser for sure. Much better than the 2012 Dr Crane I had a week ago. The only flaw, if it is one, is that it is not distinctive. Tastes similar to a lot of well-made, modern wines.
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1/1/2022 - Bobbusch Likes this wine: 93 Points
My last bottle. This wine is still singing. Wonderfully balanced, with still some backbone. Dark fruits shine through, with a nice cassis bouquet . The Rutherford “ dust” is there and makes the wine more complex as you work your way through the bottle .
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11/29/2020 - Backdoctor wrote: 94 Points
Drinking incredibly well, dark fruits on the palate. Like all Mike Smith wines, super balanced!
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11/9/2019 - DrBad Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking beautifully. Blueberry and flowery aromas. Gorgeous, round, ripe plum and dark fruit flavors. You often hear the description "purity of fruit" and this wine at this point exemplifies this. Fine grained tannins with a bit of spice and menthol on the finish.
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9/21/2019 - texaswinelover wrote:
Overripe mess. Monolithic, overly ripe. Really regretting this purchase. Hope this bottle was an outlier.
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