2014 Futo 5500

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 95.1 points

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  6/9/2021 - jcampano Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Can’t get enough of this juice from Stags Leap. Floral aromatics with red cherry, and raspberry. What a gorgeous wine on the palate. Silky tannins carry flavors of black and red fruit with tasty minerality through a lengthy finish.

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  12/22/2020 - jcampano Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Decanted for 3 hours. Bold floral aromas with plum, blackberry and crushed rocks. On the palate, raspberry, plum, dark chocolate and a nice minerality. Tannins are firm and relatively smooth (although not silky). 30-second finish. I’m holding on to my last bottle for at least a couple of years.

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  7/7/2018 - SAS54 Likes this wine: 96 Points

  Soft front palette, big strawberry mid-palette that hits you in the cheeks, strawberry finish too (which is a surprise). Turns peppery as it opens up, and the finish turns to oak and tobacco.

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  8/27/2017 - ageverett Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Gave this about an hour to breathe. Also opened 2014 Pott Actaeon and Realm Moonracer.
  
  This struck me as much more of an Old World style. Damp earth. Blacker fruit. Some herbs. Cedar. Very layered on the finish.
  
  Not quite the pizazz that jumped out of the Realm, but more polished (especially on the finish) compared to the Pott.
  
  This showed a lot of great notes after minimal air. That said, can no doubt age for a while.

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  6/17/2017 - ageverett Likes this wine: 95 Points

  Enjoyed at the Futo estate. This had been open for a few hours.
  
  Really cranked it up from the OV/SL, which was plenty nice in its own right. Very much a Stag's Leap profile for me, with powerful purple fruit and a seamless profile. Great finish on this wine - long and smooth.
  
  Would not be scared to pop one of these in the near term with a little air.

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