Decanted for an hour before serving. Just a slight sign of age in the glass and sediment. Dark fruit with just a touch of secondary notes of dried leaves, tobacco which would take you right to classic napa with some age. Med tannins that are resolving and alcohol is not an issue. Med acidity. Extremely balanced wine with classic Napa flavors. Not a Wow wine but exactly what you would expect from a reputable producer at this price point. Drink now and over next 10 years at least but not sure will improve.
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This wine was a little flat. It had good fruit but I think it was missing the structure and finish that I expected from a wine of this quality. Leaving it open for 1 hour helped but did not meet my expectations.
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Upon my first sip, thought this would be a low to mid 90 score. But the fruit faded and disappeared rather quickly. So it entered a dumb phase and could not fully emerge from this perch. Rebounded a bit over a 30 minute span, but fell short of expectations.
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2/22/2020 - West Coast Wine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted for an hour before serving. Just a slight sign of age in the glass and sediment. Dark fruit with just a touch of secondary notes of dried leaves, tobacco which would take you right to classic napa with some age. Med tannins that are resolving and alcohol is not an issue. Med acidity. Extremely balanced wine with classic Napa flavors. Not a Wow wine but exactly what you would expect from a reputable producer at this price point. Drink now and over next 10 years at least but not sure will improve.
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6/17/2019 - tadams66 Likes this wine: 90 Points
This wine was a little flat. It had good fruit but I think it was missing the structure and finish that I expected from a wine of this quality. Leaving it open for 1 hour helped but did not meet my expectations.
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1/21/2018 - scotty_b wrote: 92 Points
Very astringent on PnP, but after about an hour decant, this opened up nicely. Gravely mountain tannins, blueberry, blackberry, eucalyptus.
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4/8/2015 - dgyeaney wrote:
- It's overly acidic with a medium body. Narrow texture with a medium finish.
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6/26/2014 - kingboo wrote: 89 Points
Upon my first sip, thought this would be a low to mid 90 score. But the fruit faded and disappeared rather quickly. So it entered a dumb phase and could not fully emerge from this perch. Rebounded a bit over a 30 minute span, but fell short of expectations.
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