2011 Dry Creek Vineyard The Mariner

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 89.1 points

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  1/15/2022 - merryberry Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Inky ruby. Cedar, earth and plum nose. Medium to full bodied, blackberries, dry tannins, sage, black cherries, a bit of smoke, and a long finish. Excellent, with a lot of time left to enjoy.

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  4/15/2018 - Lord Marc Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Very well structured, full bodied, tannins were soft, fruit was balanced excellent blend. Will look to add more to my cellar.

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  3/19/2017 - garymouton wrote: 93 Points

  What a pleasant surprise. This was given to me as a gift so I only have one bottle. Opened and decanted for four hours. Wonderful balance of blackberries, currants with finely grained and balanced tannin. The finish is a little short keeping it out of the "great wine" category. Given the previous ratings, I felt it had improved in the bottle. Not sure how long the fruit and tannin will marry so well; I would drink in the next few years. Great effort for 2011 California...the best I have had of this vintage.

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  5/10/2015 - dzoned1 Likes this wine: 89 Points

  Did not decant. Beautiful nose of ripe blackberries, black currant, plums, baking spices and an herbal component. A little austere initially with restrained fruit and some grippy tannins, but it opened up as the night progressed. Definitely an old world style. I probably opened this way too young, but I was curious. Very enjoyable though.

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