Opaque purple in the glass. Somewhat muted/austere nose of black fruit, a little something floral and a lot of alcohol. Palate was full bodied, spicy, black fruited and hot. Again the alcohol at 15+% was not helping things in this case. Finish was somewhat hollow but balanced.
Overall this was not a good showing for what I was hoping would be a nice pairing with some beautiful ribeye steaks. Drinkable, and we finished the bottle, but overall disappointing.
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Method: decanted for about 30 minutes; Cab glass; 68 degress
Look: deep ruby
Nose: red fruit, faint tobacco leaf, faint cedar, faint mint; not very expressive
Palate: ripe, somewhat medicinal, cherry; medium+ finish of tobacco, cherry cough syrup, cedar; dry; medium body; medium+ drying tannins; medium acidity
Overall thoughts: Simple and presenting an, off-putting to me, medicinal taste. Tannins are lower quality, especially relative to Napa Cabs. Mediocre wine.
After 2 hours of air, it lost the medicinal note and gained some black pepper. 83 - 84 points.
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2/18/2023 - Nbkat8 wrote: 93 Points
Dark berries surround gritty tannins that make this a very desirable wine. Would have guessed 100% cab here but this is cut with some Merlot.
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11/18/2022 - slulkin wrote: 87 Points
Opaque purple in the glass. Somewhat muted/austere nose of black fruit, a little something floral and a lot of alcohol. Palate was full bodied, spicy, black fruited and hot. Again the alcohol at 15+% was not helping things in this case. Finish was somewhat hollow but balanced.
Overall this was not a good showing for what I was hoping would be a nice pairing with some beautiful ribeye steaks. Drinkable, and we finished the bottle, but overall disappointing.
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11/10/2022 - lachord Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dark ruby color with light buttery hints of blueberry and cherry.
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9/4/2022 - JRockEsq wrote: 83 Points
Method: decanted for about 30 minutes; Cab glass; 68 degress
Look: deep ruby
Nose: red fruit, faint tobacco leaf, faint cedar, faint mint; not very expressive
Palate: ripe, somewhat medicinal, cherry; medium+ finish of tobacco, cherry cough syrup, cedar; dry; medium body; medium+ drying tannins; medium acidity
Overall thoughts: Simple and presenting an, off-putting to me, medicinal taste. Tannins are lower quality, especially relative to Napa Cabs. Mediocre wine.
After 2 hours of air, it lost the medicinal note and gained some black pepper. 83 - 84 points.
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9/4/2022 - AlyssaRock12 Does not like this wine: 84 Points
Nose: red fruit, cedar, baking spices, very light mint
Taste: ripe, juicy red fruit; medicinal cherry; full - body; medium - acidity;
I don’t like this. It’s very fruity and the structure feels off.
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