TN: 2003 Villa Creek - "Mas de Maha" (Paso Robles, CA)

WINE TALK
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  • 2003 Villa Creek Mas de Maha - USA, California, Central Coast, Paso Robles (8/3/2009)
    – popped and poured –
    – tasted non-blind over 3 Days –
    – 60% Tempranillo, 25% Grenache, 15% Mourvedre –

NOSE: kirsch; loads of oak; a bit alcoholic; sour cherry/cranberry note; fleeting hints of leather and smoke.

BODY: incredibly fine particulate matter; medium-full bodied; dark ruby color with a brown wash throughout – looks a bit muddy; color is of medium-deep depth.

TASTE: tons of sweet oak with a touch of blackberry; very slight hint of sour/tart cran-cherry; tannic; full palate; 14.9% alc.; long-ish finish; oak is so overbearing it’s hard to taste much of anything else, which is really unfortunate because I’ve always enjoyed drinking this wine young … perhaps the fruits have fallen away over the past few years, leaving (nearly) nothing but oak. This bottle held-up well over 3 days, but the oak never subsided.

B: 50, 4, 11, 13, 6 = (84 pts.)

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Villa Creek wines definitely show at their best when they’re young. Because of this post, moved up a couple of '04s in the queue. Drinking an '04 Avenger now that went very well with steaks on the grill and very good on its own, but at its peak. Drink up.