Winery - Sullivan
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tastes better than it smells. The aromas are herbal, stalky and even raw vegetal, with an overlay of toasty oak. In the mouth, some blackberry flavors show up, but it’s a thin wine and not going anywhere. Still, the rich, soft structure saves it.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This displayed a medicinal aroma, and tasted like candied cherry cough medicine. That candied taste lingered into the finish, where the wine turned slightly harsh.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Made in an exotic style, almost bizarre, with cherry-pie filling, candied ginger, red licorice and chocolate mint flavors that are not really Cabernet-like. The finish is dry and harsh in tannins. Tasted twice, with consistent results.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Shows a unique wintergreen or menthol note to the ripe blackberry, cherry and coffee flavors. Could it be from eucalyptus trees? The flavors are framed in dusty, fine tannins. Elegant now, and should soften and sweeten for many years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
I wanted to like this blend of Merlot, Syrah and Cabernet Sauvignon from Napa Valley, which has such nice tannins and oak. But for all its qualities, it has a jarring quality in the mouth, with unripe tannins and green fruit.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Too raisiny and hot for me, with stewed fruit flavors. The tannins are nice and ripe, but that cooked taste is a turnoff. Barbecued beef is your best bet.
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Sullivan Merlot - 2003
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Seems like it was picked earlier than most ’03s, given the dry tannins and peppery, minty flavors. Still, it has a beautiful structure, classic and refined, with cherry and cocoa flavors and upscale oak. Drink now through 2010.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Here’s a powerful Cabernet Sauvignon, ripe and opulent, offering summer blackberry, sour cherry candy, currant, dried herb and rose petal aromas and flavors. The addition of 21% Merlot brings a candied softness, but it’s still pretty tannic, and wants 4–5 years in the cellar.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Forward and lush, with a beautiful structure, this dry, balanced wine has cherry, cassis, wintergreen and oak flavors that finish in a swirl of complexity. This fine wine defines the elegance and femininity of a great Rutherford Cab, and should age well through 2012.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lean, with angular flavors of blackberry, cedar, beet, cinnamon, and a rhubarb-like note seen in only a few other wines. Rather tart on the palate, it finishes quite dry, with an astringent feel. Does not possess the depth or texture of the competition.
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