Served with sautéed beef tenderloin with pan sauce, roasted potatoes, salad. Decanted 20 minutes before dinner. Some very fine sediment in bottle of bottle. Clear, dark ruby, good color to rim, perhaps a touch of brick. Blueberry, raspberry, plum - almost a sweetness on the nose, but combined with an earthiness. Love this on the palate - mouth watering, creamy, smooth, dry, with a good finish. Matched up nicely with the steak (which was done spot on).
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Served with grilled steak topped with scape butter, baked potato, and roasted broccoli. Decanted 25 minutes prior to pouring. Nice clean ruby color, not quite opaque. Dark fruit, tobacco, dirt on the nose - nice. Dry, moderate tannin, medium weight, good balance and finish. A nice wine with a touch of richness. The decant was necessary to open this one up.
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12/30/2021 - moxielady wrote: 89 Points
Young, definitely needs a decant. More acidic and thin than I remembered.
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11/11/2017 - bjschmitt Likes this wine: 91 Points
Served with sautéed beef tenderloin with pan sauce, roasted potatoes, salad. Decanted 20 minutes before dinner. Some very fine sediment in bottle of bottle.
Clear, dark ruby, good color to rim, perhaps a touch of brick.
Blueberry, raspberry, plum - almost a sweetness on the nose, but combined with an earthiness.
Love this on the palate - mouth watering, creamy, smooth, dry, with a good finish. Matched up nicely with the steak (which was done spot on).
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7/27/2017 - WineCPA wrote: 91 Points
Much improved and certainly drinkable with a decant. Smoothed out with silky black and red fruits. Still firm on the finish.
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4/2/2017 - bjschmitt Likes this wine: 91 Points
Served with grilled steak topped with scape butter, baked potato, and roasted broccoli.
Decanted 25 minutes prior to pouring.
Nice clean ruby color, not quite opaque.
Dark fruit, tobacco, dirt on the nose - nice.
Dry, moderate tannin, medium weight, good balance and finish. A nice wine with a touch of richness.
The decant was necessary to open this one up.
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10/6/2016 - MRichman wrote:
Dark fruit, black smoke, bright lemony acid. Vanilla. Rich black fruit but lean acidic structure. Creamy for cab franc.
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