Deep and layered, it opens with aromas of dark cherry and damp earth. The palate is both dense and ethereal, balancing rich, round fruit with a bright, lifted acidity. Notes of black tea and wild herbs add complexity, while a juicy core of red and black berries lingers through a long, refined finish. The interplay...
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Classic combination of Burgundy complexity + delectable California fruit. Complex, rich smoky fruit cascade across your palate featuring a silky smooth texture with opulent layers of everything we love in California’s biggest Pinots succulent dark fruit, Indian spices, dried spices, and a hint of black tea and tobacco leaf on the sultry finish. This is...
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Big and luscious, Persuasion offers a nose of honey, melon, hints of lavender. On the palate savor orange marmalade, pears, and beautiful tropical notes of mango, papaya, and peaches with a long bright and clear finish. real Russian River Valley stunner. No virus found in this incoming message.
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Made from 100% Cabernet Sauvignon, it exhibits a dark ruby/purple color in addition to abundant amounts of creme de cassis and floral characteristics, with black fruits, cherry, cocoa, tobacco box, full-bodied power, supple tannins, a layered mouthfeel, and a long, savory finish. It can be enjoyed now and over the next 15+ years.
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Classic Anderson Valley, this full-bodied pinot is full of dark-flavored beauties as well as light red fruits like strawberry and cherry. Has some floral aromatics as well as vanilla. complex pinot with great balance and sweet tannins with a finish that goes on and on. Don’t miss.
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Opens with tons of blackberry, kirsch and plum that leads to a palate that combines nice softness with brilliant acidity, pushing through to a deep, extremely clean finish over a creamy, mouthfilling tannins that add support, with layers of sweet fruit, spice and light oak notes filling in the long, savory finish. An uniquely elegant...
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Opens with tons of raspberry, kirsch and blackberry that leads to a palate that combines nice softness with brilliant acidity, pushing through to a deep, extremely clean finish over a creamy, mouthfilling tannins that add support, with layers of sweet fruit, spice and light oak notes filling in the long, savory finish. An uniquely elegant...
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Gorgeous aromatics of citrus, almonds and dried apricots gush out of the glass leading to exotic notes of hazelnuts, buttery brioche and crème brulee on the palate. Incredible richness and finesse remains fresh and lively with bright citrus notes and white peaches. Finely chiseled bubbles give a creamy texture, elegant and distinguished. A true class...
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Rich and full-bodied, with complex, concentrated wild berry and blackberry fruit that’s focused, with hints of sage and espresso, ending with ripe, integrated tannins and a long finish. Drink now through 2014. Boutique production less than 500 cases.
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Impeccably well balanced and pure, it offers elegant, sweet black currant and dark blackberry fruit tightly interwoven with cedar, vanillin, and a hint of melted licorice notes. This beautifully proportioned Cabernet is very finely tuned. Today, this wine is wound up tight, reminiscent of a elegant Bordeaux (actually reminds me of the first time tasted...
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Displays a near-perfect combination of power and finesse that promises to deliver hedonistic enjoyment now + soar to great heights over the next 7 – 10 years . We sampled this wine from the bottle once upon opening and once after leaving it open for several hours. Out of the shoot, the 2010 Barbour is...
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