Textbook. Lovely nose, medium-bodied, delicious brambly cherry, with some tartness on the finish to pull it together. Still tastes young - no sign of aging.
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-- popped and poured -- -- tasted over 1.5 hrs. -- -- from 375 mL --
NOSE: expressive; savory red fruits (cherry and red currants) and super-ripe gooseberry; not funky; extremely pleasant, although it did tighten-up over the 1.5 hrs. it lasted.
BODY: medium body; dark ruby color of medium depth, with a faint hint of bricking at the edges.
TASTE: ripe; some roasty oaky; very ripe -- plush -- dark red berries and red currants; not tannic; 13.0% alc. not noticeable; Drink Now and over the near term.
50, 5, 13, 16, 7 = 91
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11/30/2023 - jbaron wrote: 92 Points
Big, ripe, thrushy. Lots of fruit, not elegant, maybe a touch too much of wood. Nice drink for sure, but not like the Santa Cruz cuvées.
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11/7/2023 - Rrhodez Likes this wine: 95 Points
In order from best on a vertical:
2013, 2018, 2015, 2020
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10/18/2023 - kabert Likes this wine: 93 Points
Textbook. Lovely nose, medium-bodied, delicious brambly cherry, with some tartness on the finish to pull it together. Still tastes young - no sign of aging.
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7/9/2023 - Good Stuff Likes this wine: 93 Points
beautiful wine, medium body, balanced throughout,
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1/13/2023 - grafstrb wrote: 91 Points
-- popped and poured --
-- tasted over 1.5 hrs. --
-- from 375 mL --
NOSE: expressive; savory red fruits (cherry and red currants) and super-ripe gooseberry; not funky; extremely pleasant, although it did tighten-up over the 1.5 hrs. it lasted.
BODY: medium body; dark ruby color of medium depth, with a faint hint of bricking at the edges.
TASTE: ripe; some roasty oaky; very ripe -- plush -- dark red berries and red currants; not tannic; 13.0% alc. not noticeable; Drink Now and over the near term.
50, 5, 13, 16, 7 = 91
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