This bottle seeped onto another bottle in my cellar and I noticed quite a bit of wine was gone, down to bottom shoulder. I opened it and discovered there was no cork! Second time I have seen a bottle without a cork (from a different winery)! Wild. We tasted it and it wasn't awful but there was a chemical taste like rubber cement. Shame.
This wine was definitely enjoyable but in my experience with other Martha's vintages, it needs a lot of time before it balances out. It's drinking very young and even with 4-5 hour decant, it didn't settle down. I'm going to wait another couple years.
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Ruby in color, the nose has balanced notes of black currants and oak. Medium acidity to counter balance the grippy tannins, the wine shows an amazing palate with expressive blackcurrants, dark cherries, then forest floor, white pepper, and a medium long finish with aromatic wood and eucalyptus notes.
Fantastic wine. Still young but very enjoyable with PnP; will surely improve further with age. Will revisit in 3-4 years.
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Old world style. Red plum, tart dark cherry, currant, clove, dusty earth, green pepper, graphite. This is still a youngster. High acid, medium plus tannins, medium alcohol. This one has the chops to age for decades. One left in the cellar. See you in 10 years.
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1/27/2024 - Quiet Lion wrote: flawed
This bottle seeped onto another bottle in my cellar and I noticed quite a bit of wine was gone, down to bottom shoulder. I opened it and discovered there was no cork! Second time I have seen a bottle without a cork (from a different winery)! Wild. We tasted it and it wasn't awful but there was a chemical taste like rubber cement. Shame.
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1/17/2024 - KTelaak_Buffalo Likes this wine: 93 Points
This wine was definitely enjoyable but in my experience with other Martha's vintages, it needs a lot of time before it balances out. It's drinking very young and even with 4-5 hour decant, it didn't settle down. I'm going to wait another couple years.
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9/4/2023 - havana4 🍾🍇 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Same notes as before. Needs a bunch of air.
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9/2/2023 - Condrieu82 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Ruby in color, the nose has balanced notes of black currants and oak. Medium acidity to counter balance the grippy tannins, the wine shows an amazing palate with expressive blackcurrants, dark cherries, then forest floor, white pepper, and a medium long finish with aromatic wood and eucalyptus notes.
Fantastic wine. Still young but very enjoyable with PnP; will surely improve further with age. Will revisit in 3-4 years.
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2/25/2023 - Libbidog Likes this wine: 97 Points
Old world style. Red plum, tart dark cherry, currant, clove, dusty earth, green pepper, graphite. This is still a youngster. High acid, medium plus tannins, medium alcohol. This one has the chops to age for decades. One left in the cellar. See you in 10 years.
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