Winery - Terlato
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Marked by superripe, jammy blackberry and currant flavors that taste like they were baked into a pie, this Cab also has plenty of sweet, caramelized oak. It leaves little to the imagination. Good, but would benefit from greater nuance and complexity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sweet and jammy in raspberry, cherry and blackberry fruit, with spicy, pie-filling flavors enhanced with plenty of toasty oak. Rather forward now, with firm tannins. Decant before drinking with steak, chops, or even a chocolate dessert.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The thinking with this Merlot-based Bordeaux blend seems to have been, if ripeness is good, then superripeness is better. And we might as well throw on a ton of new French oak. The result is excess, imbalance.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Lots of forward fruit in this Chard that’s made in the popular style. Brims with pineapple jam, pear, buttered popcorn and caramel flavors, in a buttercream texture.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
An interesting and challenging wine. Shows some funky, mushroomy notes, along with flavors of cherries, cola, rhubarb and green tomato jam, accompanied by high acidity. It’s Burgundian, in its own way, and could develop in the bottle. Now–2014.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Proper rather than exciting, this Chard was made classic style, with 100% barrel fermentation, 100% malolactic fermentation and plenty of lees. It’s creamy and smooth, with modest flavors of peaches, pineapples and green apples.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tannic and hard, with black currant, black cherry, pencil lead, cedar and spice flavors. This is a tight young wine now, but it shows promise. A blend of Cab and Merlot, it should open and improve over the next six to eight years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Rich in succulent cherries, red currants, licorice, violets and sandalwood, wrapped in smooth tannins. There’s a bit of sharpness throughout. Could mellow in a few years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Ripe and forward, with savory flavors of blackberry jam, cherry pie filling, currants, cassis and smoky oak. This fruity Cabernet is best now and through 2012.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The blackberry, blueberry, currant, coffee and leather flavors are rich and softly tannic. Doesn’t seem likely to improve in the bottle, but it’s a dry, rugged wine for drinking now.
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Terlato Syrah - 2007
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