2003 Wyncroft Shou Avonlea Vineyard

Community Tasting Notes (13) Avg Score: 90.8 points

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  8/26/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote:

  Winefool Going Away Party and Cellar Depletion (Jack's Bistro - Chicago IL): Tasted 2 days ago, note from memory. Wonderful when last tasted shortly after release (2006), but now long past its drinking window. Completely uninteresting.

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  9/28/2015 - mnoljo wrote: 90 Points

  Holding up really well cherry bell pepper

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  9/25/2015 - Vino Me wrote: 92 Points

  Opened by Mark. Not decanted but opened about 3 hours. 5th time I have had this wine and it has been consistently fine. 79% Cab Sauvignon, 17% Cab Franc and 4% Merlot. Nose of herbs and forest floor. Notes over cherry and raw meat. A multi layered wine with good depth of flavors. Solid tannin. Old world character. Holding up great for 12 years old. 92 points

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  3/9/2012 - fitzi wrote:

  I was ready to disdain this wine, pouring scorn on it, but it's actually quite good: red currant, tangy cedar. A bit high-toned and acidic, but stops well short of screechy. An interesting example of the CS varietal, with enough thoroughly decent fruit to give it interesting depth and nuance. Pretty good, interesting; I wonder if Cab Franc wouldn't do better in this climate, though.

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  12/13/2011 - Vino Me wrote: 92 Points

  Opened this bottle alongside the 2006 Shou and after 5 2000 bordeaux. More impressed by this wine now than at any time since I first had it from barrel in 2004. Here is a wine which changes the pardigm for red wine from Michigan. An ageworthy, well crafted, balanced red loaded with character and depth. Double decanted 3 hours before drinking. No sediment. Dark red color with slight bricking. This had some minty nose which was not present in any of my 3 previous tastings of this wine. Very different than the bordeaux we had before it. Sweeter with more fruit. Riper tasting. Floral notes with chocolate and red fruit. Integrated tannins. Light to medium bodied. Impressive showing at 8 years old since it has lost some of it's baby fat. One of the highest compliments I can pay a wine is to state that the wine has "something to say". This wine falls into that category. it might not be the best wine at a tasting but it is the most interesting wine and the one a wine lover can learn most. Sadly, my last bottle. 92 points. Drank the final glass of this about a week later and it was still holding up.

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