Winery - Edmonds Winery
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This smells slightly reduced, with rubber ball aromas over black cherry fruit. Soft tannins leave a flat impression in the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The blend is three quarters Merlot, 16% Malbec and 8% Cabernet Sauvignon. Tastes like young vines, with good acid, tart cranberry/raspberry fruit, some toasty flavors from the new oak.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Windy Ridge vineyard fruit goes into this blended red—53% Merlot, 42% Cabernet Sauvignon and 5% Petit Verdot. It’s promising right from the get-go, aromatic and lush, mixing ripe red fruits—berries and pomegranate—chocolaty oak, nougat and toasted almond. The alcohol is 13.5%, and the wine, modestly proportioned, is smooth and supple and lingers gracefully in the mouth.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This has 5% Viognier blended in as an experiment; the winemaker says he probably won’t do it again. Spicy and citrusy, young and light, this elegant style of Syrah tastes like wild raspberries and barely hints at pepper, citrus rind and grapefruit. There is some detectable volatility in the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The fruit scents explode from the glass, showing raspberries, blueberries, cherries and plums in profusion. There is more stuffing, especially apparent in the nose and also in the mouth, than in the winery’s varietal blends. The back end of the wine suggests bread and chocolate, light hints of toasted almond and cinnamon spice.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Cranberry and rhubarb flavors define the fruit, although some hints of blackberry and cassis manage to steal into the finish. This is a light, elegant, high acid wine with polished tannins and a lovely transparency. The fruit flavors, though deceptively light, are penetrating and the finish just glides on and on, like that last bite of blueberry pie.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Too much volatility, and too much oak take over here, obliterating the fruit. As a result, flavors are thin, the finish sour.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This is a soft, tart, light red wine with excessive volatility. The finish borders on vinegary flavors, which overtake the fruit.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Scents of seaweed, espresso, smoke and chocolate-covered raisins are followed by comparable flavors. This has a sharp, volatile edge that translates as vinegary in the finish.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sharp, volatile and tannic, with short, herbal flavors and little fruit ripeness. A bit of vanilla comes into the finish, along with vinegary acids.
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