I'm not sure I want to rate this bottle. My first thought was that it was a bad bottle, and I might stick with that. I loved the subtlety and complexity of the 2005, but something seemed wrong with this from the start. Opened the bottle 30 minutes or so before tasting. The cork looked great. We did drink it, and it wasn't all quite as bad as the first sip, but it really did taste slightly skunky throughout.
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8/14/2011 - wabi47 wrote: 91 Points
potent dark raspberry and cherry, just right ripeness, trace of heat but overall nice balance; excellent
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6/23/2011 - pickhardt wrote: flawed
I'm not sure I want to rate this bottle. My first thought was that it was a bad bottle, and I might stick with that. I loved the subtlety and complexity of the 2005, but something seemed wrong with this from the start. Opened the bottle 30 minutes or so before tasting. The cork looked great. We did drink it, and it wasn't all quite as bad as the first sip, but it really did taste slightly skunky throughout.
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8/24/2009 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 91 Points
2009 Family Winemakers Annual Tasting; 8/23/2009-8/24/2009 (Fort Mason, San Francisco, California): Tight berry nose; silky, concentrated but elegant tart berry and boysenberry palate; medium finish 91+ pts.
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