Fleury Estate Winery, Rocket Juice, Napa Valley

Deep, dark prune-purple color. Barrel wood and dark red/black fruit notes on the nose, translating onto the palate. 24 hours in an open bottle, 2 hours in a decanter prior to serving and it was still fairly tight. Tannins are about 25% integrated and have a muddy quality. Plush mouthfeel. Seems to work better with food than by itself. Flavors favor wood and dark fruit notes. While we enjoyed it quite a bit, the overall impression is of a wine …

Very nice. Smooth, plush, dark fruit. A pleasant quaff, but not real complex. It pours black as India Ink. I gave it two hours of air based on comments from a couple years back (thank you)...and I stood it up overnight (again, thank you CT members!) Drink now or hold, I don't believe it is going to change much. All in all, it was very enjoyable though not necessarily memorable. UPDATE: 2/8&11/15 (on nitrogen winekeeper) I should have adhered more …

Decanted for 5 hours before drinking with Beef tenderloin. Gorgeous clinging purple color. Wood accented the dark fruits, but the real standout was the texture - opulent mouthfeel, thick and tasty.

really liked this one....should've stood up overnight and decanted though because by the end of the bottle the sediment was very noticeable. This one really pushes the limits but doesn't cross over, inky, indigo appearance, ripe dark fruit aroma, and a very velvety, almost buttery like flavor on the palatte. Given it's name and the aromas I expected a super extracted high alcohol fruit bomb, but the Tannin and alcohol held back nicely for a very long and mellow finish. …

Fabulous accompaniment to NY Strips and a 4 pound lobster for NYE! But at $85, probably not Fleury's best QPR. Drank very nicely after 2 hours in the decanter.