2010 Bartlett Blueberry Winemaker's Reserve

Community Tasting Notes (5) Avg Score: 93.3 points

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  5/29/2021 - RichEB1 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Was excited to try this Blueberry wine based on glowing reviews from a WineBerserker buddy and I was not disappointed! Beautiful, complex blue fruits and a very distinct 'smokey/oily' note that really adds interest. Full bodied but with plenty of acidity. Love that it's 11.5% abv as well! Excellent and very unique wine that should have a very long future ahead of it. Happy to have 2 more bottles!

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  2/13/2019 - aagrawal wrote: 92 Points

  Dinner at Home (Millbrae, CA): Light ruby; slightly oxidative, some red fruit, honeyed mint; palate is medium bodied, red fruit, currant, surprising amount of medium tannin, medium-plus acid; medium finish. Really interesting, and the only example of blueberry wine that I know of. Definitely interesting, and enjoyable. 91
  Day 3: This is just as good without any dropoff. Just lovely plush fruit throughout, easy to drink but with plenty of complexity. I underrated this. 92-93

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  2/13/2019 - RajivAyyangar wrote: 92 Points

  Dinner at Ashish's (Millbrae): Medium plus ruby color.
  Intensely fruited - blueberries, mint, brambly dried scrubs. Subdued earthy / tertiary notes (oxidation, Brett, tamari age).
  
  Medium plus body, feels 13.5% alcohol, good acid - medium plus, medium tannins - silky and fine-grained!
  
  This is beautiful and persistent! Needs a bit of time to gain complexity on the palate, but a singular wine with promise.

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  9/19/2018 - Kirk Grant wrote: 97 Points

  This is ready to go with 30 minutes in the decanter. An almost exotic nose rolls out of the glass. It smells larger than life as notes of charred meats, clove, raspberry, with floral notes, and herbs lingering in the background. There is a hint of something that reminds me of an oil stained garage floor that is enveloped by a lovely floral lift. On the palate this is smoother than other vintages I've had in the past and seems to spread out on the palate like when pressing chocolate to the roof of your mouth. Notes of blackberry, raspberry, and plum lead into an acid-driven mid palate explosion of kumquat/orange rind citrus and spice that leads into a long finish that leans back toward the red-fruit spectrum. Outstanding!!! This has really come together in the past two years since I last tasted it.

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  9/30/2016 - Kirk Grant wrote:

  A new release of this wine hit the shelves. I can't think of many wines that I get as excited to taste on release as I do with this. The nose if full of spice, some well integrated oak is present, but just below other notes of dried meats, black berries, kumquat, and clove. On the palate the wine transitions from vibrant black & blue fruits into a more earth-driven profile as notes of mushroom and wet stone linger on the finish. Another outstanding wine...

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