Mixed Wines Offline (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Dark red with moderate bricking. PNP, drank 1 glass over an hour plus. This clearly shows it age, but it drinks pretty nice, at least for the first 30-60 minutes. Nose has dark fruits of black cherry and black raspberry, spices, underbrush, oak. The palate has a fairly silky texture, black cherry, raspberry, underbrush, medium grained tannins, medium body, medium finish. This looks to be stable in the short term, but it seemed to fall apart after an hour. 91+ pts. (perhaps 92pts for a brief period)
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Barnett vs. Star Lane Merlot Challenge with mixed bag of other wines (Kevin's House (Minneapolis)): This was a pop and pour and needed to be. Great in glass for 25 minutes and quickly went south so drink with a group and be rewarded. Forest floor, game, sour cherry and raspberries. Got a bit of sap after that 25 minutes and got really bitter. Past peak but still good out of the bottle if not outstanding.
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Prominent raspberries and strawberries. Good when first opened with a little leather and earth. That evaporated after about an hour. Then the alcohol came too much into the fore.
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LeatherPalate nailed this (~3 years ago). Black pepper, strawberries, baking spices, wood, leather. Nice mouthfeel and easy to drink. Very enjoyable and based on how the aging is trending this wine should continue to drink well through 2016.
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10/21/2013 - GWAsh64 Likes this wine: 92 Points
This wine was excellent when poured, but it fell apart after about 45 minutes in the glass.
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10/19/2013 - rocknroller wrote: 91 Points
Mixed Wines Offline (Rocknroller's (Kevin & Vicki's Place)): Dark red with moderate bricking. PNP, drank 1 glass over an hour plus. This clearly shows it age, but it drinks pretty nice, at least for the first 30-60 minutes. Nose has dark fruits of black cherry and black raspberry, spices, underbrush, oak. The palate has a fairly silky texture, black cherry, raspberry, underbrush, medium grained tannins, medium body, medium finish. This looks to be stable in the short term, but it seemed to fall apart after an hour. 91+ pts. (perhaps 92pts for a brief period)
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10/19/2013 - 3daywinereview.com wrote: 92 Points
Barnett vs. Star Lane Merlot Challenge with mixed bag of other wines (Kevin's House (Minneapolis)): This was a pop and pour and needed to be. Great in glass for 25 minutes and quickly went south so drink with a group and be rewarded. Forest floor, game, sour cherry and raspberries. Got a bit of sap after that 25 minutes and got really bitter. Past peak but still good out of the bottle if not outstanding.
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12/16/2012 - plitton Likes this wine: 90 Points
Prominent raspberries and strawberries. Good when first opened with a little leather and earth. That evaporated after about an hour. Then the alcohol came too much into the fore.
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10/22/2012 - plitton wrote: 91 Points
LeatherPalate nailed this (~3 years ago). Black pepper, strawberries, baking spices, wood, leather. Nice mouthfeel and easy to drink. Very enjoyable and based on how the aging is trending this wine should continue to drink well through 2016.
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