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Community Tasting Notes (156) Avg Score: 92.2 points

  • Drink up - it's at its peak. I love the CVR blend for the value but Ive experienced that they fall apart if you age them beyond 10 years. Flavor profile consistent with prior note. good but not great.

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  • PnP. Dark red color with subtle purple rims. Smells like Halloween :) Cedar, dark cherries, oak, vanilla, bourbon, chocolate, cigar box, anise, and smoke on the nose and similar on the palate. Medium tannins and medium minus depth/finish. Super complex and very good!!! Love QC!

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  • About 75 mins after pulling the cork there's earth, old barrel and faint blueberry on the nose. Sweet tannins are a bit stronger than the chocolate and dark, black fruits that remain, but all are in a great place with a little air. Slight tannic bite front-palate, but the finish coats the entire palate and lasts a good 15 to 20 seconds.

    I've got one more bottle of the case purchased on release and will drink it within 2 years. While this certainly last longer I don't envision it improving any further, with only downside risk.

    As others note this is consistently one of the best QPR's you can find and consistently punches well above its price point.

    UPDATE: 3.5 hrs after opening (not decanted) this is still enjoyable but softer than most would prefer.

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  • Still a youthful opaque ruby blend of 76% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, 3% Petit Verdot and 1% Malbec, Quilceda Creek's 2014 CVR remains loaded with cassis, dark bramble fruits, baking spices, tree bark, licorice and bittersweet chocolate. Full-bodied, freshly acidic, proportionately oaked and with well-integrated alcohol (despite being listed as 15.2%), it wraps its flavors with an abundance of fine-grained tannins and stays solid on the mid-palate. Long, plump and vibrant on the back end, this is an outstanding wine that performs well above its pay grade. Enjoy it throughout the remainder of this decade. Drink now-2030.

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  • I still maintain this is the best qpr of any wine I have found. And mostly consumed way too young. Something like $38 on release, I love these wines at 8-10 years. Punching far above their weight, so unctuous with perfect fruit/tannin balance and delicious umami with graphite and forest backbone. Yum.

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  • By Stephen Tanzer
    Washington: Various Shades of Hot (Oct 2017), 10/1/2017, (See more on Vinous...)

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