Raun Kupiec

9.3

Burst of fruit and flowers in the nose. Raspberry, strawberry, cassis, licorice. Smooth, prominent but integrated tannins on the side of the tongue and cheeks. Lonnng finish. Prime drinking window. Exquisite. — 8 days ago

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Raun Kupiec

9.0

Comparing both side by side. Left is Dijon 777 clone and right is F105 German clone. They are same year, same soil, same wine maker, same process. And uncorked and poured simultaneously. Color is almost identical. But flavor and aroma is really different. The 777 opened faster, is more aromatic, brighter cherry, a bit floral. The F105 is deeper, earthier, and has a different fruit characteristic, not sure what it is though. Sour cherry with a hint of balsamic? — 22 days ago

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Raun Kupiec

8.4

Opened 3 years after the last one, same vintage. Opinion relatively unchanged mostly,yawn, but less forgiving today. Grape juice. — a month ago

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Raun Kupiec

Unfortunately I can’t rate this. It is mildly corked. Really a hint, but it is suppressing the wine and cutting the fruit and finish out with a flat bit of cardboard. (We had a discussion and a disagreement on whether it was corked or not, it was faint and not noticeable to my wife but to me clearly corked). — 15 days ago

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Raun Kupiec

9.2

Raun had this a month ago

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Raun Kupiec

8.8

Very round, strong oak spice, vanilla. But still decent acidity cutting through. Excellent with the takeout Chinese but not a wine for on its own at this time. — a month ago

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Raun Kupiec

9.0

New world Syrah is just so different from the Rhône. Deeper, darker, denser, though still mid weight and gentle. Much lighter smoke characteristics, more cassis, plum, dark berries. Some green bell pepper too. Smooth, very mild hint of the oak. Integrated soft tannins. Nice long finish. — 17 days ago

Raun Kupiec

8.9

Raun had this 21 days ago

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Raun Kupiec

8.8

Very earthy and smoky. Deep black fruit. — a month ago

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Raun Kupiec

9.3

Mmmmm. Smoky, earthy, rich, dense, smooth. Tea, raisins, tobacco notes, reasonably integrated structure with some heft. Nothing like a good 15 year old Aglianico with the mouthfeel and finish of a young Amarone. — a month ago

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