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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Nicholas Cole Cellars is the winery, and the grapes in this Bordeaux blend are essentially all estate, except for a little Canoe Ridge Merlot. This is substantial, herbal, with plenty of juicy red fruit and a leafy, earthy sub-text. Dark, exotic, tangy and still youthfully sharp, this needs breathing time to soften up and open out.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Herbal, peppery, tannic and slightly green, but very flavorful and interesting. Green coffee bean flavors are pure varietal; the tannins are tight and compact, with penetrating flavors. The fruit is dark, dense and very compact; the herbal flavors are there, but so is the ripeness, the smoke, the roasted earth and the chocolate.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
From Nicholas Cole Cellars, this Merlot (74%), Cab Franc (15%), Cabernet Sauvignon (11%) blend is sourced from Klipsun, Champoux, Seven Hills and DuBrul vineyards. That’s great fruit. It’s a plummy wine with a raisiny edge that hints at early oxidation, and it’s already showing some brick orange at the rim. Soft to the point of being a bit soapy in the mouth, it continues with mature flavors of black cherry, cola, molasses and chocolate. Drink this one now.
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