It's okay. PnP. Seeing ratings well into the 90's makes me think there must be wide bottle variation but this is a just okay. There was a funkiness that blew off fairly quickly, possibly a reductive process? 15% will punch you in the face. High alcohol and over use of wood (or highly tannic from another source) puts this out of balance for me.
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Tasted blind: Very deeply colored; nose a bit strange to me as well as the full-throttle but blunt palate of diffuse dark fruit flavors; thought I had it when I guessed petite syrah. BUZZER!!! wrong. Not enjoying it much, I went with "a GSM blend from a hot area of Australia". BUZZER!!! Wrong again. Tore off the paper bag and here was this big, heavy bottle. I concur with Willie's note. On its own, it's an 84 pointer. With a medium rare grilled angus beef patty, it showed its purpose and would have scored higher.
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1/13/2020 - BeaverBob Likes this wine: 90 Points
Perfect with cassoulet.
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6/18/2019 - BostonDoug Does not like this wine: 85 Points
It's okay. PnP. Seeing ratings well into the 90's makes me think there must be wide bottle variation but this is a just okay. There was a funkiness that blew off fairly quickly, possibly a reductive process? 15% will punch you in the face. High alcohol and over use of wood (or highly tannic from another source) puts this out of balance for me.
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3/23/2019 - jsherdc Likes this wine: 92 Points
Coravin Taste: delicious. Surprisingly light
1 week later popped the cork: went to hell. Coravin failure
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6/17/2018 - BeaverBob Likes this wine: 86 Points
Good!
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5/23/2018 - jmoore431 wrote: 84 Points
Tasted blind: Very deeply colored; nose a bit strange to me as well as the full-throttle but blunt palate of diffuse dark fruit flavors; thought I had it when I guessed petite syrah. BUZZER!!! wrong. Not enjoying it much, I went with "a GSM blend from a hot area of Australia". BUZZER!!! Wrong again. Tore off the paper bag and here was this big, heavy bottle. I concur with Willie's note. On its own, it's an 84 pointer. With a medium rare grilled angus beef patty, it showed its purpose and would have scored higher.
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