Just OK. Was recommend by one of my wine peeps who normally gets my tastes, but this wasn't a match. Others may well (and by the reviews, do) like this, but for me, it's everything I associate with Sonoma wines — and I don't mean that as a compliment. But not to worry; it's not you; it's me. :-)
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Easy wine to drink. Candied red fruit on entry. Then some tarry notes. Not particularly tannic or full-bodied. The saving grace is that there is sufficient tartness to keep this from being declared a “fruit bomb.”
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I've been drinking this wine since the first releases in the early 90s. At this sitting it was one of the lesser examples. Kind of reserved at this stage.
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Expected so much more. Was pretty closed after a 3 hour decant so came back a day later. Much better but still flawed. Still hot. Closed nose. Mild tannins with cherry fruit.
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7/5/2019 - westopherguy wrote: 85 Points
Just OK. Was recommend by one of my wine peeps who normally gets my tastes, but this wasn't a match. Others may well (and by the reviews, do) like this, but for me, it's everything I associate with Sonoma wines — and I don't mean that as a compliment. But not to worry; it's not you; it's me. :-)
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11/1/2017 - EMark wrote:
Easy wine to drink. Candied red fruit on entry. Then some tarry notes. Not particularly tannic or full-bodied. The saving grace is that there is sufficient tartness to keep this from being declared a “fruit bomb.”
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9/1/2017 - pkatz wrote: 89 Points
I've been drinking this wine since the first releases in the early 90s. At this sitting it was one of the lesser examples. Kind of reserved at this stage.
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3/18/2017 - dleather wrote: 87 Points
Expected so much more. Was pretty closed after a 3 hour decant so came back a day later. Much better but still flawed. Still hot. Closed nose. Mild tannins with cherry fruit.
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8/25/2016 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Big and volptious and round. But with a good amount of Petite.
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