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2018 William & Mary Proprietary Red Shifflett Ranch - USA, California, Napa Valley, Oak Knoll District (12/6/2020)
This is an elegant, structured wine. Well balanced.
Ripe fruit without being a fruit bomb. Elegant, but has size and weight. Soft and velvety on the front, but amps up as it goes.
Inky purple color. Big nose of soft purple fruit and cocoa, with some (gentle) bay leaf or menthol.
Ripe, but not over-ripe plum, and blackberry. More cocoa and menthol on the palate. Long tannic finish with some stone fruit, cocoa (again), and gentle white and bell pepper. Nice tannin structure, without being harsh or overly tannic. Beautiful at a young age. (94 pts.)