Dominated by brine and olives, just a touch of meatiness, no blue fruits that I could detect. Gained balance over several nights, as it was too acidic on first opening. I find this bottling to lack the complexity and depth of the Halcon estate bottling, but was interesting enough on 2nd and 3rd nights.
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Please do yourself a service and stand this wine up to settle the fine sediments, then double decant off of said sludge. If you do you will love this wine. If you don’t, you may be sorely disappointed
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-- uncorked approx. 30 min. before initial taste -- -- tasted non-blind over a few hours --
NOSE: olive; purple fruited; reminds me of a Cayuse Syrah.
BODY: medium-light to medium bodied; violet color of medium-deep depth.
TASTE: savory; medium+ acidity; olive (Kalamata and black). Largely the same as the bottle I had nearly three years ago, but now gaining some weight, and improving as a result. Savory, cool climate presentation. Very nice wine that is drinking well now, and at least into the near-term future, as well.
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4/25/2024 - Quarked wrote: 88 Points
Dominated by brine and olives, just a touch of meatiness, no blue fruits that I could detect. Gained balance over several nights, as it was too acidic on first opening. I find this bottling to lack the complexity and depth of the Halcon estate bottling, but was interesting enough on 2nd and 3rd nights.
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2/11/2024 - CPSchoeff Likes this wine:
Please do yourself a service and stand this wine up to settle the fine sediments, then double decant off of said sludge. If you do you will love this wine. If you don’t, you may be sorely disappointed
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11/6/2023 - grafstrb wrote:
-- uncorked approx. 30 min. before initial taste --
-- tasted non-blind over a few hours --
NOSE: olive; purple fruited; reminds me of a Cayuse Syrah.
BODY: medium-light to medium bodied; violet color of medium-deep depth.
TASTE: savory; medium+ acidity; olive (Kalamata and black). Largely the same as the bottle I had nearly three years ago, but now gaining some weight, and improving as a result. Savory, cool climate presentation. Very nice wine that is drinking well now, and at least into the near-term future, as well.
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9/25/2023 - Jmac56 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Earthy syrah nose. A bit too acidic but nice fruit and chalk.
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8/20/2023 - Matteo1 wrote: 91 Points
Savory, retundone, medium bodied with a refreshing tartness. Really drinkable in the right setting. No significant development from last year.
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