Winery - TerraNoble
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Light pear and apple aromas are clean and appealing. Look for a zesty palate with citrus and banana flavors, and then vanilla and spice on the finish. It’s sweetly persistent and well proportioned.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Sort of dry and cheesy smelling at first, but more fruity as you get to know it. The palate is lean, dry and evaporates fast, but along the way the cherry and olive flavors are solid, with some vanilla thrown in for good measure. About as much as you should expect for $7.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Light apple aromas lead to a sweet, mildly candied palate of monotone apple flavors. Acidity is up there, so there isn’t any overt thickness or chunkiness to the wine. Rudimentary and quaffable.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Mildly sharp on the nose, with a bit of charred, burnt character, while the mouth has snap and medium weight to support red raspberry and plum flavors that carry an herbal edge. Finishes peppery with some scratch, but overall it’s solid wine and reasonably good for the price.
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TerraNoble Merlot - 2008
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Citrus-driven and still fairly smooth and full, with pear, white grapefruit and pineapple flavors. There’s size and body to the wine, but also citrusy acidity to keep it moving forward. Nothing out of the ordinary yet worth the price.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Quite hard-cooked on the bouquet, but the berry and cassis flavors are ripe and juicy. If you can ignore the wine’s persistent burnt oak character, clearly an attempt to elevate the wine to its Vineyard Selection name, it has pretty good feel, heft and integrity.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Like most TerraNoble 2005 and 2006 reds, this has a burnt, scattershot nose along with animal and leather notes. The label boasts fresh fruit, but the wine itself has a roasted profile and doesn’t manage to rise above decent.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Ripe and oily on the nose, with apple and toast aromas. The palate is aggressive but not sharp, with integrated, pulsing acidity pushing mid-level, less-than-interesting apple flavors. Chunky on the finish, with a pithy aftertaste and vanilla.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
No matter how much color this has, the basics are at once aggressive and boring. The nose is brambly and lean, a sure indication of limited, tangy flavors that carry some serious herbal character. There’s little to this Syrah.
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TerraNoble Syrah - 2004
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A lot of color but short in the finesse department. What you have here is a big, buxom, young Merlot with aggressive aromas and tart, underdeveloped raspberry and plum flavors. Has looks but no polish.
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TerraNoble Merlot - 2005
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