Just shedding some baby tannin to display deep lush dark fruit but there’s still some tannin to shed. This will likely improve a bit over the next 5-10 years. Moderate French oak toast, blackberry, cassis, very slight minty licorice, tasty but still some grip here.
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Almost no bouquet upon opening - faint whiff of wet cardboard. Sour cherries and tartness predominate on the palate now, but I will try again with the rest of the bottle tomorrow.
Much better on day 2 - I’ve raised the score accordingly. Still tastes like cherries, but riper and rounder, without the astringency from the just opened bottle. I’m definitely keeping the other bottle I have until 2020 or later. It’s now in the solid qpr, good example of a Washington merlot, category. And I no longer think the garagiste folks are nuts for recommending it. ;)
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4/8/2024 - Mmomike Likes this wine: 89 Points
Just shedding some baby tannin to display deep lush dark fruit but there’s still some tannin to shed. This will likely improve a bit over the next 5-10 years. Moderate French oak toast, blackberry, cassis, very slight minty licorice, tasty but still some grip here.
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10/21/2023 - Teamrehfeld wrote:
Excellent. Perfect balance of fruit, tannin, and acid. Very smooth. Sadly last bottle.
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2/11/2022 - fmginc Likes this wine: 89 Points
deep rich color with full round fruit notes
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5/11/2021 - fmginc Likes this wine: 89 Points
great full fruit notes
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1/5/2019 - Bob23 wrote: 89 Points
Almost no bouquet upon opening - faint whiff of wet cardboard. Sour cherries and tartness predominate on the palate now, but I will try again with the rest of the bottle tomorrow.
Much better on day 2 - I’ve raised the score accordingly. Still tastes like cherries, but riper and rounder, without the astringency from the just opened bottle. I’m definitely keeping the other bottle I have until 2020 or later. It’s now in the solid qpr, good example of a Washington merlot, category. And I no longer think the garagiste folks are nuts for recommending it. ;)
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