Strong cherry coke initial flavor opening in more blue fruits. Felt a little bit closed off and unbalanced, but Cathy really enjoyed it. Perhaps will be better in a couple years, but a little disappointing at this price point. Paired with roast pork tenderloin in cranberry sauce and that went well.
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Opened on a whim at the end of a long birthday evening. Red fruit and forest flavors... good body and depth... long, bass-note heavy finish... this has lost a lot of the straight-up tartness it had a few years ago, really liking where it is now.
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A&B Oregon tasting (Coopers' Hall, Devonshire Square): Tasting sample. Darker, fuller and more richly fruited. This is getting quite full. Needs some time to calm down. though serving it cool helps. Not sure whether this will meld or always be a little too full for me. Time will tell... (3+)
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Red and black fruit, earth, smoke, heavy tannin, lots of chew... will be fun to see where this goes, think I'm going to forget about mine for 5 years or so
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11/27/2019 - timothynbond wrote: 88 Points
Strong cherry coke initial flavor opening in more blue fruits. Felt a little bit closed off and unbalanced, but Cathy really enjoyed it. Perhaps will be better in a couple years, but a little disappointing at this price point. Paired with roast pork tenderloin in cranberry sauce and that went well.
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10/19/2019 - oropeza Likes this wine:
Opened on a whim at the end of a long birthday evening. Red fruit and forest flavors... good body and depth... long, bass-note heavy finish... this has lost a lot of the straight-up tartness it had a few years ago, really liking where it is now.
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9/26/2017 - SimonG wrote:
A&B Oregon tasting (Coopers' Hall, Devonshire Square): Tasting sample. Darker, fuller and more richly fruited. This is getting quite full. Needs some time to calm down. though serving it cool helps. Not sure whether this will meld or always be a little too full for me. Time will tell... (3+)
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4/18/2017 - oropeza wrote: 86 Points
Red and black fruit, earth, smoke, heavy tannin, lots of chew... will be fun to see where this goes, think I'm going to forget about mine for 5 years or so
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