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Richard Spahl

11 wines • 0 followers • 1 following

Luca Wines

Laborde Double Select Uco Valley Syrah

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Richard Spahl

9.3

Love this wine! Very balanced and flavorful! Blackberries and blueberries. Clove and Black Olives with Basil. Light white pepper, orange, caramel and sandalwood in a very satisfying finish. — 9 years ago

Bonterra Vineyards

Mendocino, Lake & San Luis Obispo Counties Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

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Richard Spahl

9.0

Fruit is blackberries, apricots and raisins. Evolves into morel mushroom and slight bit of peat. Orange, ginger and vanilla in the finish. Really like this wine! — 9 years ago

Lucinda & Millie

Mendocino County Cabernert Sauvignon 2013

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Richard Spahl

8.5

Nice but restrained fruit at the start; ripe raspberry and dried apricot. Fresh mushroom the a finish with cinnamon, clove, cedar, orange zest and vanilla. — 9 years ago

The Hess Collection

Salta Malbec 2012

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Richard Spahl

8.3

Rest Cherry with a little bit of ripe Blueberry. Greasy earthy mis palate with mint and lavender. mushrooms and orange zest with car for the finish. — 9 years ago

Montes

Apalta Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon Carménère

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Richard Spahl

8.6

Nice Bing Cherry forward fruit. Nice ripe Blackberry at the middle with a little smoky bacon and shiitake. Cedar, lemon and leather in a long finish. — 9 years ago

Z. Alexander Brown Wines

Uncaged North Coast Proprietary Red Blend 2014

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Richard Spahl

8.4

Big forward fruit; sweet, black cherry; dried apricot. Hint of sandalwood in the finish with raisin and orange zest. Finish could be a but stonger. — 9 years ago

Gregory Graham

Cinder Cone Reserve Lake County Red Blend 2011

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Richard Spahl

8.6

Excellent blend of Syrah, Malbec, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Grenache. Big forward fruit of black cherry and blackberry. Earthy middle with a nice touch of burnt sugar. Smoky finish with citrus (blood orange?); very long. with good tannins. — 9 years ago

La Posta

Tinto Mendoza Malbec Blend

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Richard Spahl

8.8

The label says raspberry, but I don't get it. Definitely big Cherry fruit with ripe Blackberry. Herbal mid palate: basil, lavender, bay. Ripe Orange and vanilla finish with s bit of earth. — 9 years ago

Bodega Norton

Finca Perdriel Colección Mendoza Cabernet Sauvignon 2010

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Richard Spahl

8.2

Dried cherry. Morel mushroom. Flinty. Long finish of light cinnamon, orange zest, cedar and a hint of vanilla. A little high on alcohol which quashes the fruit a bit more than one would expect for s 2010. — 9 years ago

Paul Dolan Vineyards

Mendocino Cabernet Sauvignon 2012

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Richard Spahl

8.9

Starts with sweeter berry fruit. Mushrooms and bell pepper maybe caramelized eggplant (grilled). Very smoky finish with orange zest and a hint of cinnamon . — 9 years ago