21 Grams Vertical: 2005-2016. (Home, Portland OR): 21 Grams Vertical: 2005-2016. Reading my previous note on this wine, it certainly didn't live up to that review this time around. Perhaps it was because of all the others, but this bottle didn't deliver like last time. Yes, it's good, but not 94 points good. Red currant, cranberry, sweet vanilla and oak, with a good zip of acidity running through it. Has years left for sure...likely a 20+ year wine.
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Color: inky red Nose:leather, dust, flowers Taste: plum, anise, dust, cough syrup and a floral elements. This took about 30 minutes to really open up and the flavors were deeper and the wine was less hot. A nice full mouthfeel and good finish. Can hold for at least 5 more years.
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Popped and poured for NYE. The cork had seeped through in a couple of places, so expectations were low. Thankfully the wine was unaffected and completely delicious! Great cassis fruit, black cherry, fig and tobacco. Quite a bit of gritty sediment. Drink now - 2026.
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PNP, then time in the glass. This never got going - to say the least. After and hour or two in the glass the nose was a massive slap in the face - of nail polish? In the mouth it was an astringent box of spanners with no discernible fruit of any kind. Not sure what is going on here, but this wine offers one of the worst QPRs I have ever experienced.
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Ripe Cabernet nose on opening that fades a bit over time. Spicy cherry and cassis flavors. Juicy acidity, almost no tannins. Wide open and drinking nicely. Don't wait around on this.
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1/21/2023 - RPerro Likes this wine: 91 Points
21 Grams Vertical: 2005-2016. (Home, Portland OR): 21 Grams Vertical: 2005-2016. Reading my previous note on this wine, it certainly didn't live up to that review this time around. Perhaps it was because of all the others, but this bottle didn't deliver like last time. Yes, it's good, but not 94 points good. Red currant, cranberry, sweet vanilla and oak, with a good zip of acidity running through it. Has years left for sure...likely a 20+ year wine.
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9/17/2022 - rakasome Likes this wine: 87 Points
Pretty darn weak.
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7/6/2021 - smahk wrote: 91 Points
Color: inky red
Nose:leather, dust, flowers
Taste: plum, anise, dust, cough syrup and a floral elements. This took about 30 minutes to really open up and the flavors were deeper and the wine was less hot. A nice full mouthfeel and good finish. Can hold for at least 5 more years.
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2/13/2021 - MC2 Wines wrote:
It was the last wine of the evening and big and bold and young. Very ripe style. Luscious fruit which dominates. A warmer form of wine.
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12/31/2018 - RPerro Likes this wine: 95 Points
Popped and poured for NYE. The cork had seeped through in a couple of places, so expectations were low. Thankfully the wine was unaffected and completely delicious! Great cassis fruit, black cherry, fig and tobacco. Quite a bit of gritty sediment. Drink now - 2026.
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6/24/2017 - ntruder Does not like this wine: 75 Points
PNP, then time in the glass. This never got going - to say the least. After and hour or two in the glass the nose was a massive slap in the face - of nail polish? In the mouth it was an astringent box of spanners with no discernible fruit of any kind. Not sure what is going on here, but this wine offers one of the worst QPRs I have ever experienced.
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10/20/2016 - BBencz Likes this wine: 90 Points
Ripe Cabernet nose on opening that fades a bit over time. Spicy cherry and cassis flavors. Juicy acidity, almost no tannins. Wide open and drinking nicely. Don't wait around on this.
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6/22/2016 - Andygirl Likes this wine: 90 Points
Quite nice, very smooth, but not worth $125 price tag
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