Epic Napa Trip - Day 5: Tasted at Tusk with Augie - I need to say, my score may be low due to drinking this alongside the two Tusk wines which were drinking quite well. Having said that, this wine definitely showed the structure of the vintage, along with plenty of dark fruit and earth, with wisps of oak and herbs. The palate showed lots of dark fruit and gravel, with notes of chocolate and tobacco. Tannins were slightly grippy, and present mostly on the aftertaste, but also not too noticeable. A very nice wine on its own, seems to offer a decent QPR, but I preferred the Tusk Estate much more. 92+ to 93 points for me.
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Napa trip day 5: Drank a small pour over 45 minutes at the Tusk winery tasting house. Lots of earth and a touch of ash. Slight green pepper, not much tannin, somewhat savory, slightly blueberry, shorter finish.
Really ripe fruit to the nose. And lots of oak as well. Darn that has a massive amount of structure. Chew through that. Lumber yard! Just opened though.
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4/12/2022 - 89grange wrote: 94 Points
Great bottle.. A little young. Took a couple of hours to open up... Will definitely get better in a year or 3...
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12/9/2021 - I'd Rather Be Drinking Wine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Epic Napa Trip - Day 5: Tasted at Tusk with Augie - I need to say, my score may be low due to drinking this alongside the two Tusk wines which were drinking quite well. Having said that, this wine definitely showed the structure of the vintage, along with plenty of dark fruit and earth, with wisps of oak and herbs. The palate showed lots of dark fruit and gravel, with notes of chocolate and tobacco. Tannins were slightly grippy, and present mostly on the aftertaste, but also not too noticeable. A very nice wine on its own, seems to offer a decent QPR, but I preferred the Tusk Estate much more. 92+ to 93 points for me.
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12/9/2021 - galewskj wrote: 90 Points
Napa trip day 5: Drank a small pour over 45 minutes at the Tusk winery tasting house. Lots of earth and a touch of ash. Slight green pepper, not much tannin, somewhat savory, slightly blueberry, shorter finish.
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11/11/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
Really ripe fruit to the nose. And lots of oak as well. Darn that has a massive amount of structure. Chew through that. Lumber yard! Just opened though.
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