Collab review with Anne of the vineyards…. Anne says nose is that of a musty cave and blackberry and plums Taste surprisingly bright with blackberry with a smooth finish
We give the wine a 94 and her review a 100
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Just a beautiful purple with magenta edge…. Nose is blueberry boysenberry, gravelly chalk Flavor has blackberry, cassis, pronounced graphite Finishes with cherry blackberry, and the tannins balance the fruit perfectly… It’s a big wine but handles itself well
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Color deep opaque purple…. Nose is blackberry, licorice…maybe a tad cinnamon….touch oak Tongue is luscious cherry, blackberry, licorice, ,….very uniform across the palate…. Nice wine.. not a blockbuster….
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2 years since my last bottle. And a very nice bottle of wine - easy drinker. Just lacking any kind of "wow" factor that you would expect at this prince point.
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Nice cherry notes. But tongue gripping tannins on the back end. The tannins here need some time to (hopefully) integrate more.
Most of the 2016's from Napa that I have had have been ready to go out of the gate. But a few I have had, like this one, seem to be following a more normal progression in their development cycle. But this is one bottle that I would wait a few years before popping another one.
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4/7/2024 - KJD45$ wrote:
Collab review with Anne of the vineyards….
Anne says nose is that of a musty cave and blackberry and plums
Taste surprisingly bright with blackberry with a smooth finish
We give the wine a 94 and her review a 100
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12/17/2022 - KJD45$ wrote: 94 Points
Just a beautiful purple with magenta edge….
Nose is blueberry boysenberry, gravelly chalk
Flavor has blackberry, cassis, pronounced graphite
Finishes with cherry blackberry, and the tannins balance the fruit perfectly…
It’s a big wine but handles itself well
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6/18/2022 - KJD45$ wrote: 92 Points
Color deep opaque purple…. Nose is blackberry, licorice…maybe a tad cinnamon….touch oak
Tongue is luscious cherry, blackberry, licorice, ,….very uniform across the palate….
Nice wine.. not a blockbuster….
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2/17/2022 - TastesGoodToMe wrote: 90 Points
2 years since my last bottle. And a very nice bottle of wine - easy drinker. Just lacking any kind of "wow" factor that you would expect at this prince point.
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2/16/2020 - TastesGoodToMe Likes this wine: 92 Points
Nice cherry notes. But tongue gripping tannins on the back end. The tannins here need some time to (hopefully) integrate more.
Most of the 2016's from Napa that I have had have been ready to go out of the gate. But a few I have had, like this one, seem to be following a more normal progression in their development cycle. But this is one bottle that I would wait a few years before popping another one.
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