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2008
Alban Pandora
(750ml)
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Producer: |
Alban Vineyards
albanvineyards.com
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| Appellation: |
Edna Valley - California - United States
(AVA)
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| Type: |
red
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| Varietal: |
Grenache
- Syrah
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| Maturity: |
Hold |
| Rating: |
Outstanding |
| Est. Price: |
$124.00 |
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Tasting Notes:
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rated:
August 29, 2012
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Antonio Galloni (WS)
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95 points
"Layers of silky, polished fruit flow across the palate in the 2008 Pandora (Grenache). As I noted last year, the 2008 is all about textural finesse and pure beauty. Hints of smoke, anise and crushed rocks frame the long finish. This is yet another marvelous wine from Alban. Pandora is 100% Grenache from the chalky, upper hillsides of Seymour’s."
Best 2013-2020
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rated:
December 29, 2012
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IWC
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94 points
"(almost all grenache from "a very specific block," according to Alban; 15.9% alcohol): Opaque ruby. A heady, exotically perfumed bouquet evokes candied red fruits, incense and candied flowers, along with a smoky mineral overtone. Juicy and precise, offering intense raspberry and bitter cherry flavors that gain sweetness and weight with air. Closes with impressive energy and cut, leaving mineral and floral notes behind. This wine was aged in French oak casks, two-thirds of them new, for 38 months."
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