Sweet red currants, cigar box, oak spice. Big & Ripe. A good example of new world Bordeaux. The oak treatment on this wine is substancial, but surprisingly the fruit manages to stand up to it. Decant for an hour or two if you're drinking now. Would benefit from a couple years in the cellar.
Overall: Some may find the oak on this wine to be too much, but I dig it. Good value Bord-blend from an underappreciated region.
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( 2.9 / 129 )~$71 retail
Very smokey, cedary with mint and dark cherry, dried leaves, plum and some black currants. Palate is gentle and elegant with some oak and ripe notes in a fairly long finish.
Overall: Very fine Cabernet. Bit pricey, but holds its own against comperable Old School Napa Vineyards
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( 3 / 122 )~$35 retail
Very dark and ripe, oak and smoke along with very ripe fruits especially Merlot notes (plum, blueberry), blackberry, tar, licorice, old Napa Oak notes. Palate is ripe, full and lush, tannins are med + but a combo of grape and wood, softening due to age, med + alcohol, med acidity, quite long and nice balance for a forward styled Napa Cab. Bit of spice and alcohol builds in finish after time.
Overall: Well priced Napa Cab that is drinking well now.
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( 3 / 128 )~$15 retail
Same color as the Ray's Station 2003 Merlot, cedar and berry seed aromas, some greeness, tighter and more tannic than the Merlot, as it should be, sweet red cherry. Bit thinner than the Merlot and a bit higher alcohol than Merlot. Tannins med+, Alcohol med+, Acidity med, length is decent but a bit hot. A bit thin in the palate.
Overall: Not an overwhelming value
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( 3 / 124 )~$15 retail
Deep and dark, rich aroma of dark cherry, prune, tobacco and later some blueberry and hint of plum. Spice and sweet fruit notes in the palate. Nice balance, alcohol and tannins present, medium + but balanced, medium+ finish.
Overall: Excellent Value Merlot
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