Winery - Ceago Vinegarden
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Heavy and extracted, with jammy berry-cherry flavors wrapped into firm tannins. Oak adds sweet caramelized vanilla. Drink now.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Soft and melted, this Cab has pastry-filling flavors of blackberries, cherries, chocolate and anise. It’s a bit on the sweet side, and could use greater tannin and acid structure.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Very rich and dense, and with the firm tannins, might be a candidate for some limited time in the cellar. Shows concentrated blackberry and cherry pie filling flavors, with milk chocolate and spicy oak layers. Try after 2008.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Ceago’s Reserve seems a little top-heavy in oak. The caramel and woodsap coating smothers the underlying wine, which is very fine, to judge by the winery’s ’07 unoaked Chard.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made in the pétillant, or slightly sparkling, style, this deeply colored wine is rich in cherry, raspberry and vanilla fruit flavors, and feels slightly heavy and syrupy sweet.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This powerfully flavored Chardonnay is laserlike in the intensity of its fruit. Mangoes, pineapples and lemon custard assault the palate, wrapped in a creamy smooth texture. Not particularly subtle, and not for the faint-hearted, this is a quintessentially ripe California wine.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This ambitious brand continues to struggle, in its organic-biodynamic way, to master its Mendocino terroir. This Merlot is clean, dry and very pure, with cherry flavors, yet it needs greater intensity and complexity, and a longer finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a wine that strikes you as pretty good as far as it goes, but the palate yearns for greater complexity. It’s dry and polished, with rich tannins and a fine balance, but those cherry and blackberry flavors finish a tad thin, especially considering the price.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A really nice blush wine from this pretty property up in Lake County. Shows its Syrah parentage and extreme youth in the fresh-picked cherry and raspberry flavors, boosted by keen acidity, and it’s totally dry despite relatively low alcohol. Defines a fulller, bigger style of rosé.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A brilliant, rich wine, packed with full-bodied flavors but oozing with finesse and elegance. The tastes veer to plums, blackberries and chocolate, and the finish is dry and complex. The tannins are thick but soft. This delicious wine was made by Jim Fetzer with organically-grown grapes.
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