Cline, Ancient Mourvedre, Contra Costa County

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Red · Mourvèdre
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LWIN 1499476
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89 /100
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24
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Taster #9422 · Apr 18, 2014
86/100
A very good wine, where the bouquet is strong and the taste is deep. Not over the top yet, but must drink now. Easy drinkable, and interesting to try a pure Mourvedre wine. Definetely try again!
2007 vintage
Taster #6804 · Mar 4, 2014
90/100
This is quite a good value; there aren't many sub-$20 cali wines that will remain drinkable at 7 years on, but this is at its peak IMHO. Still viscous on the first day, it has a sweet bouquet of cherry, leather and jonquil. The palate and finish have plenty of black fruit with lots of savoriness coming thru. By day 2 it was a bit thin and hot as it lost some structure, but still nice.
2007 vintage
Taster #2483 · Jan 28, 2013
89/100
Wine Education Service - California (LSE) : Opaque. Slightly sweet nose, subtle. Fruity sweetness, soft and velvety, chocolate, complex, good length.
2007 vintage
Taster #4922 · Nov 10, 2012
90/100
Decanted for 1 hour. Did not feel it over-aged at all but ready to drink now. Oak has disapeared. Dark fruit with herbal and pepper touch. A bit of sweetness at the end. Very smooth, pleasant to drink. Good QPR !
2007 vintage
Taster #9884 · Apr 16, 2012
88/100
PnP. Clear, deep dark purple. Pleasand nose and taste. Med body, good fruit and balance. Very nice. Nothing off.
2007 vintage
Taster #9463 · Aug 24, 2011
89/100
Showing a lot of ripe dark fruit right now. Oak is pretty big too. Oh so easy to drink!
2007 vintage
Taster #3377 · Aug 14, 2011
91/100
Day 2 note: this wine opened up beautifully and impressed dinner guests with its intense fruit (mostly cherry, some plum) and herbal profile. Paired pretty well with a bright light tomato sauce on rich pasta and a complex herb-spice-avocado-tomato salad. As seems with mourvedre (mostly, always?), a day vacu-vin'd in the fridge really opens the wine up which then presents a balanced, complex, and deep fruit and herb delight. I would buy again except this vintage might be done at …
2007 vintage
Taster #3377 · Aug 11, 2011
89/100
Test at 68 deg F. Pop and pour. Rich thick almost chewy heavy mourvedre with nice aromas. Maybe overoaked. Not sure if it has the tannin and acid to evolve next few years, I would say drink now. Aroma of persistent gentle and dusty cooling sweet spice, mocha-chocolate, some herb (bay leaf?) and forest floor/mint, a nice mix. In the mouth attacks super-rich, almost syrupy and off-dry, with neither sweet nor sour dark fruit (cherry comes to mind) and a …
2007 vintage
Taster #5858 · Jul 22, 2011
91/100
Very good. Smooth, nice long aftertaste
2007 vintage
Taster #4058 · Jul 5, 2011
89/100
Very interesting and good bottle of wine. Dark, earthy, dusty, spicy, but fruity and quite acidic as well. Some oak, but very well integrated. Slightly bitter, but medium nice finish with some tannins. At this price, very much recommended!
2007 vintage
Taster #6493 · Jul 1, 2011
87/100
Unusual Varieties From California : [Tasted blind] Candied cherry raspberry nose, very big, plenty of oak. Fruit is very sweet on the intense, spicy palate. Thin bodied, soft structure, fruit-driven, dry finish with lots of acidity. My guess: Sangiovese.
2007 vintage
Taster #3292 · Mar 7, 2011
89/100
Lovely yeasty aromas of old wine cellar and dark fruit. Yummy bing cherries and smokey oak mouth. Mated well with meaty red sauce pasta.
2007 vintage
Taster #1365 · Feb 18, 2011
89/100
slight perfume nose of rose, when first opened it tasted of spice and mild white pepper. Later flavors of blueberry and sweet plum. Very pleasant wine
2007 vintage
Taster #9144 · Jan 23, 2011
92/100
Well balanced, complex dark berry and cedar undertones with nice mouth finish. Incredible value.
2007 vintage
Taster #0581 · Jan 1, 2011
91/100
Rich and fruity, very smooth
2007 vintage
Taster #7831 · Dec 21, 2010
90/100
Lots of plum, some chocolate and spice. Very smooth juice and works with food or without. So solid at this price point, wish I got more when I was in Cali!
2007 vintage
Taster #0526 · Dec 3, 2010
Dark and rich without being clunky or heavy; semi-sweet chocolate, chocolate, chocolate. Several comments were made about it being our dessert after Randy's pizzas. Tasty stuff.
2007 vintage
Taster #4699 · Jul 29, 2010
93/100
Plum, dark chocolate and spice that is nice. This is A single varietal Mourvedre is a wild card that will impress your palate.
2007 vintage
Taster #5120 · May 23, 2010
89/100
Great QPR.
2007 vintage
Taster #7047 · May 22, 2010
89/100
Nice aromas of dark berries & spice, eucalyptus, pepper, a little hot and tannic, could probably lay down longer. Decanted through an aeration device and waited about half an hour. Heat and tannins now resolved, elegant and balanced. After an hour our so devolved into simple red berries. Excellent PQR.
2007 vintage
Taster #3999 · Apr 26, 2010
90/100
Many have already commented on this wine. It is very popular and deserves its Excellent ratings. You do not need to pair it with anything it is a very nice wine for just any occaision. I bought it at the winery and will look for more.
2007 vintage
Taster #9140 · Apr 12, 2010
87/100
Really nice spice and smoke note on the nose and palate. Soft tannins. The finish is shorter than I hoped for, but it was still a very good bottle of wine.
2007 vintage
Taster #1562 · Apr 10, 2010
90/100
Great fruit on the nose, very dark in color. Opened and drank immediately after chardonnay, pinot noir and bordeaux and this was a nice finish to the combination. Light in tannins, medium body that supported good fruit and intensity. Liked very much.
2007 vintage
Taster #6493 · Apr 7, 2010
85/100
Mourvedre (Fort Collins) : Spicy berry fruit nose with some mocha, oak, herbal aspects. Lush and intense on the palate; spicy, chocolate, earth, sweet, full body. Short finish but this improved with air and mellowed into a much softer, rounder wine that I actually liked despite being somewhat of a high extract brute without much complexity.
2007 vintage
Taster #1676 · Mar 27, 2010
90/100
Very tasty! Berries and peppers on the nose. Sweet plums on the palate. A sweet wine, but not artificially sweet.
2007 vintage