2018 Black Hills Estate Carménère

Community Tasting Notes (17) Avg Score: 89.7 points

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  2/18/2024 - vertex663 Does not like this wine: 86 Points

  Similar to Canoehead's comments - super green vegetal notes that we could not get past. Left the bottle for a couple of days and did not get better. Hoping my other bottle improves with more time.

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  9/28/2023 - JAP55 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Floral aromas with cinnamon and vanilla flavours. Thankfully a return to form from past vintages which exhibited none of the foregoing.

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  6/6/2023 - Canoehead Does not like this wine: 87 Points

  Nope. We gave it two evenings to settle down the vegetal greenness. No luck. There’s a foundation here but we can’t get past the pyrazine overload. Maybe next year.

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  5/7/2023 - JAP55 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Fortunately, much better than the prior two vintages.
  
  Medium ruby almost purple with aromas of cedar
  Dry, medium acidity and tannin with high alcohol and full body.
  Lots of pepper and red cherry with lesser strawberry.
  Nicely balanced, medium finish length, high intensity fruit but no secondaries to mention and no tertiaries so not all that complex. Overall, very good.

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  4/22/2023 - uzzi Likes this wine: 92 Points

  This is a beauty. Lots of big pepper on the nose and palate surrounded by juicy blackberries and a bit of earthiness on the back end lots of structure. Served with Tbones done sousvide and seared on cast. Def a great wine to serve with a big steak!

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