Kind Stranger

Kind Stranger

Alter Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2022

9/2025. Very nice cab blend. Good flavor and easy to drink. Nice on the palate. Enjoyed mine with baked chicken. — 3 months ago

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Pahlmeyer

Napa Valley Merlot 1997

It is time for some Merlot on this #MerlotThursday. Let's bring Merlot back!

Deep ruby in color with a wide reddish /brick rim.

Full bodied with medium acidity and long legs.

Dry on the palate with nice complexity and mouthfeel.

Showing blackberries, black currants, plums, earth, cedar, leather, chocolates, tobacco, mildew, light vinaigrette and black pepper.

Long finish with round tannins and tangy raspberries.

This 25 year old Merlot is a tad tired, but still very enjoyable.

I've had this Merlot before, but it was a more recent vintage. I have a feeling it's this specific bottle that is flawed. It might be improper storage.

Big tannins show up after 4 hours in a decanter.

Helen Turley was the wine maker. Robert Parker 96 points.

Regardless of how it is showing now, it's always nice to try these kind of wines.

A blend of 85% Merlot with 15% Cabernet Sauvignon.

14.5% alcohol by volume.

91 points.

$100 (current vintage).
— 3 years ago

Juan, Ted and 16 others liked this

Dehlinger Winery

Estate Bottled Goldridge Vineyard Pinot Noir 2007

Tasting of 10 of the 2007-2011 Dehlinger Pinots. Eva Delingher was kind enough to join our tasting and answer all of our random questions. I found this one to be a bit restrained and the group agreed. My #7 of 10. — 5 years ago

Billy, Aravind and 14 others liked this

Cult Partners

Tall Dark Stranger Limited Production Mendoza Malbec

One of my new favorites. Smooth yet inexpensive. — 4 months ago

Dominus Estate

Dominus Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2016

The closest thing to true Bordeaux style red blend from Napa. This wine really accentuates the vintage and the terroir, along with fruit and soil. The Dominus Estate manages the vineyard via dry farming, relying on nature for water, making a profound difference on great vintages such as 2016. Find a good vintage Dominus and you’re bound to have one of kind. Cheers. — a year ago

Adriana, Billy and 12 others liked this

Dunn Vineyards

Howell Mountain Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

My kind of Cali cab. — 4 years ago

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Austin Hope

Paso Robles Cabernet Sauvignon 2018

Chuck Hope! Must say right off the bat, this is good, and I was reluctant to give in to the hype. The color is definitely deep ruby with a bright magenta like sheer. The nose is powerful with oak, chocolate, and mocha. On the pallet the wine flows throughout with blueberry, plum, and dark fruit balanced by slight leather, smoke and earthy notes. The finish is robust. Overall impressed with the wine and wishing there was an abundance of these kind of wines. The kind blows your mind away without blowing your bank account away. — 5 years ago

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Ericsson

Ericsson

Certainly. Hadn’t noticed.
Bob McDonald

Bob McDonald Influencer Badge

Lots of wineries do it. I am having a 2001 Moss Wood Cabernet tonight which looks a lot like Pichon Lalande label.
Ericsson

Ericsson

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Kind Stranger

Columbia Valley Rosé Blend

Oldfield Vineyard Yakima Valley. Salmon pink with refracted orange tint. Strawberry in nose and mouth. Dryish, reasonable acidity, rounded red fruit and peach on finish. Some raspy skin astringency. Not highly complex but value priced. Tannins soften appreciably after an hour, soft mouthfeel makes it better. — 9 months ago

Ted liked this

MacRostie Winery & Vineyards

Sonoma Coast Chardonnay 2019

This is basically the only Chardonnay that we have ever both agreed that we liked! The nice parts of Oak with no butter but still that tartness, kind of like a Sauvignon Blanc. — 4 years ago

Kelly Fidler
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Kind

Howell Mountain Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon 2019

Very good. Although the oak tasted a little weird. — 4 years ago

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