Kunin, Pape Star, Central Coast

Kunin · California › Central Coast › United States of America

Red · Red Rhone Blend
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LWIN 1587337
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88 /100
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13
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Taster #2860 · Dec 14, 2017
88/100
Simple and straightforward... easy drinking, reasonably well balanced with all integrated into a whole. The fruit has mostly disappeared and little has show itself with age. Nothing offensive; but no wow. That said, with Seth Kunin having died this year and this being my last of his wines in my cellar, the wine was special and worthy of the glass we raised in remembrance.
2013 vintage
Taster #3156 · Mar 12, 2017
83/100
Still raw, but decent
2013 vintage
Taster #5962 · Sep 28, 2016
88/100
Great and versatile blend easy drinking
2013 vintage
Taster #2860 · Aug 14, 2016
89/100
Easy drinking full flavor wine. Medium bodied... very good though no wow.
2013 vintage
Taster #5087 · Nov 27, 2015
90/100
Reflects the terroir. For an imitation Chateauneuf, it's close to the real stuff. For $20 it's well worth the price vs real Chateauneuf at $40+ per bottle minimum.
2013 vintage
Taster #3156 · Oct 17, 2015
81/100
Not bad, but nothing special this time
2013 vintage
Taster #5674 · Sep 20, 2015
90/100
A borderline lush, dark fruit filled rhone blend of sweet red raspberry, complex spices and sweet vanilla throughout. It's drinking really beautifully right now, but I don't think it will last too long (soft tannins and little discernible acids).
2013 vintage
Taster #0737 · Jul 2, 2015
Lots of ripe dark red fruit here, but nicely balanced and it never really colors outside the lines. Big hit at the table, especially Mark Z. GT Fish & Oyster, Chicago, with Zank and Co. Grateful Dead 50.
2013 vintage
Taster #0968 · Mar 10, 2015
87/100
Violet and meat/smoke nose. Red fruits, light spice. Sweetens with air. Easy drinking mellow tannins. It might deepen a bit with age, but this wine seems more of an everyday table type wine in the Rhone ish style. Well made and appealing. Probably priced about right around $21.
2013 vintage
Taster #1413 · Aug 2, 2013
90/100
great tart and fruit balance, beautiful structure, wonderful nose -a really good wine
2010 vintage
Taster #1714 · Jul 26, 2013
91/100
Delicate but full flavored and complex. Dense strawberry and cherry, with flavors like a Sonoma coast Pinot but color and structure like a Syrah. Paired well with strong cheese, spicy gazpacho, and NY strip
2010 vintage
Taster #4076 · Mar 1, 2013
88/100
This is a good bottle of wine. One of my favorites from this producer. Tasted some cherry on this one. I can see this appealing to a wide range of palates.
2010 vintage
Taster #4235 · Oct 28, 2012
90/100
Wonderful cherry, ruby color with some transparency. Lots of legs. Aroma notes of cherry and strawberry. Very flavorful with fruit forward.
2010 vintage
Taster #4387 · May 30, 2012
88/100
Had this at The Bristol. Paired well with the food, but I was drinking Bourbon before.
2010 vintage