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2008 Gemstone Vineyard Proprietary Red Wine Yountville
Producer: Gemstone Vineyard
Style: Red Wine
Grape Type: Bordeaux Blend
Origin: California
Region: Napa
92(+?) Points | International Wine Cellar , May/June 2011
(66% cabernet sauvignon, 31% merlot and 3% cabernet franc): Deep ruby-red. Distinctly more mineral-driven than the Facets bottling, offering lovely lift and delicacy to the aromas of black cherry, blueberry, licorice and rock. Juicy, shapely and suave, if in a rather masculine style. A strong element of warm crushed stone energizes the mid-palate. This intense, harmonious wine struck me as rather Pauillac in style. Today I don't find the porty element shown by a barrel sample a year ago. Structured to age slowly and gracefully.
