Sammamish Tasting - November 2020 (Sammamish, Washington): Vanilla cake batter and some red fruit notes on the nose. Full-bodied, rich palate with red fruit and cherry hard candies. Long, balanced finish with some nice red fruit notes carrying through to the end.
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Mostly Paso but some other interesting stuff (Scott & Jo's): My first time hearing of this house or trying its wines. Scott actually served two bottles. He had planned on blending them but were different enough so he served as is. They were very similar but one was certainly more elegant, refined and a better wine. The other had some green notes on the nose mostly, and a lot more heat on the finish. No idea if there were multiple bottlings of this. Both were purple in color. A nose with some black cherries, slight dark chocolate and a whiff of alcohol. On the palate, these were nice. Black cherry fruit. Slight sweetness. I don't remember anyone declaring 1995 a vintage year, so that is unusual. A fun finish.
Simple fruit forward porto, this is drinking fine now. This is possibly more enjoyable than your upper end ruby's, but there is some heat on the back end and it doesn't show particularly well after 2+ days. At $25 at Grocery Outlet, its not a bad buy, but its not a screaming deal either.
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12/17/2023 - Neecies Likes this wine:
Dark and opaque for its age, rich flavors of fruit cake and dark chocolate. Finish lingers forever.
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11/1/2020 - theportguy wrote: 91 Points
Sammamish Tasting - November 2020 (Sammamish, Washington): Vanilla cake batter and some red fruit notes on the nose. Full-bodied, rich palate with red fruit and cherry hard candies. Long, balanced finish with some nice red fruit notes carrying through to the end.
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8/30/2017 - Motz wrote: 92 Points
Suave notes of coco powder, carob, and molasses. Solidly structured, resolved, and probably near peak. Enjoy by 2020-2022.
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1/23/2017 - Loren Sonkin wrote: 89 Points
Mostly Paso but some other interesting stuff (Scott & Jo's): My first time hearing of this house or trying its wines. Scott actually served two bottles. He had planned on blending them but were different enough so he served as is. They were very similar but one was certainly more elegant, refined and a better wine. The other had some green notes on the nose mostly, and a lot more heat on the finish. No idea if there were multiple bottlings of this. Both were purple in color. A nose with some black cherries, slight dark chocolate and a whiff of alcohol. On the palate, these were nice. Black cherry fruit. Slight sweetness. I don't remember anyone declaring 1995 a vintage year, so that is unusual. A fun finish.
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12/14/2010 - BradboBaggins wrote:
Simple fruit forward porto, this is drinking fine now. This is possibly more enjoyable than your upper end ruby's, but there is some heat on the back end and it doesn't show particularly well after 2+ days. At $25 at Grocery Outlet, its not a bad buy, but its not a screaming deal either.
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