I enjoyed this at the winery and felt like it had nice earthy and tar notes. Might have been a little palette fatigue going on, because when I had the bottle it was somewhat different than I remember. Still good, but far more fruit forward. Nice purple fruit and good balance. Fairly plush without a ton of acid. I tend to go for wines in a different style, but I can tell this is well made.
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Tasting near its prime, great balanced blackberry fruit some tangy but smooth tannins. I believe this one has at least 2 more years. Quite frankly, I should have bought more of this. It compares well with many of the valley's better $80 cabs
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4/26/2020 - ebert wrote: 89 Points
Decanted for 90 minutes. High acid with a somewhat thin body. Drinkable, but disappointing. Rather 1 dimensional
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5/7/2018 - OaktownRush Likes this wine: 90 Points
I enjoyed this at the winery and felt like it had nice earthy and tar notes. Might have been a little palette fatigue going on, because when I had the bottle it was somewhat different than I remember. Still good, but far more fruit forward. Nice purple fruit and good balance. Fairly plush without a ton of acid. I tend to go for wines in a different style, but I can tell this is well made.
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10/4/2016 - Mike's wine cellar Likes this wine: 91 Points
Tasting near its prime, great balanced blackberry fruit some tangy but smooth tannins. I believe this one has at least 2 more years. Quite frankly, I should have bought more of this. It compares well with many of the valley's better $80 cabs
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10/7/2015 - McWing11 wrote: 91 Points
Deep purple/crimson. Licorice, dark fruit and tannins. Reasonably balanced. Better than out bottle 6 months prior. Good, not great. Drink now.
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4/30/2015 - McWing11 wrote: 89 Points
Tanic and acidic. Reasonably balanced. Lacking any real fruit. Probably as good as its going to get. Drink soon.
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