Decanted for approximately 45 minutes to an hour. Floral/Jammy nose. This wine started out slow out of the gate but abouts 30 minutes into drinking began to sing. Love the Spring Mountain fruit. The signature of the AVA became more apparent over the course of the evening. Beautiful jammy black fruits with hints of tobacco, cola, and dark chocolate. Drink or hold.
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This wine is at its Apex right now. Give it about an hour to open, and enjoy. Definitely a typical 2012, not overly forward on tanin, and what tanin there is is very integrated. At this point I get significant red fruit, almost hinting of a Cabernet Franc. A very nice wine, and nice smoky oak on the finish. Again. Drink it now.
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Blue fruit nose on opening. Nice tannins not overbearing. Slight alcohol finish. Developed into a nice mix of dark fruit and chocolate with black licorice and smooth tannins. Ate with mushroom Swiss cheese burgers and squash casserole
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10/17/2020 - Bodyfxr wrote: 94 Points
Decanted for approximately 45 minutes to an hour. Floral/Jammy nose. This wine started out slow out of the gate but abouts 30 minutes into drinking began to sing. Love the Spring Mountain fruit. The signature of the AVA became more apparent over the course of the evening. Beautiful jammy black fruits with hints of tobacco, cola, and dark chocolate. Drink or hold.
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5/26/2019 - Ebartone Likes this wine: 93 Points
This wine is at its Apex right now. Give it about an hour to open, and enjoy. Definitely a typical 2012, not overly forward on tanin, and what tanin there is is very integrated. At this point I get significant red fruit, almost hinting of a Cabernet Franc. A very nice wine, and nice smoky oak on the finish. Again. Drink it now.
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5/26/2018 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 93 Points
Black fruit, blueberries, herbal notes, Asian tea, cassis, hints of chocolate, eucalyptus, cassis and finishes with smoky oak. A
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6/18/2017 - Luede14 wrote: 91 Points
Blue fruit nose on opening. Nice tannins not overbearing. Slight alcohol finish. Developed into a nice mix of dark fruit and chocolate with black licorice and smooth tannins. Ate with mushroom Swiss cheese burgers and squash casserole
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9/26/2015 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 91 Points
graphite, minerality, red fruit, stone fruit, pepper, dry tannins on finish. A-
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