Nice but needs to breathe…couple of hours in a decanter would help. I disagree with comments that it’s past peak. This has the structure to go another 10 years, in my view. Still showing a lot of primary fruit…just beginning to show some more earthy elements. Good tannin and acidity to continue to evolve.
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Perhaps a bit too rich and superficial for me now. The sweet oak seems to have taken over a bit which is a negative evolution for me from the first bottle that I drank a few years ago. I don’t remember bottles 2,3,4 being like this either. I have bottle 6of6 left which I’ll keep until at least it’s 20th bday for a vertical, but I don’t guess this will improve.
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Decanted for a couple of hours. Med+ ruby/garnet. Med+, developed nose of red and black cherry, leather, earth, dried herbs, vanilla and some cedar and spice from 3 yrs in large, neutral oak casks. Dry, w/ med+ acidity, tannins and high but balanced alcohol (14.5%). Full-bodied but very well balanced, w/ med to med+ flavor intensity and length. Traditional in style, it is a very elegant harmonious wine which is still drinking very well. At its peak or slightly past.
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12/5/2023 - wabi47 Likes this wine: 91 Points
good fruit density all through the mid palate; a hint of menthol on the finish; in a good place
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9/4/2023 - hebill wrote:
Nice but needs to breathe…couple of hours in a decanter would help. I disagree with comments that it’s past peak. This has the structure to go another 10 years, in my view. Still showing a lot of primary fruit…just beginning to show some more earthy elements. Good tannin and acidity to continue to evolve.
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7/31/2023 - Macdog wrote:
Perhaps a bit too rich and superficial for me now. The sweet oak seems to have taken over a bit which is a negative evolution for me from the first bottle that I drank a few years ago. I don’t remember bottles 2,3,4 being like this either. I have bottle 6of6 left which I’ll keep until at least it’s 20th bday for a vertical, but I don’t guess this will improve.
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7/12/2023 - Iam Redwood wrote: 97 Points
Drank with Colin and Peter at Coppinwood. This is a very elegant wine and in a tremendous spot. Ant wait till the next.
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4/23/2023 - TannicBeast Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted for a couple of hours. Med+ ruby/garnet. Med+, developed nose of red and black cherry, leather, earth, dried herbs, vanilla and some cedar and spice from 3 yrs in large, neutral oak casks. Dry, w/ med+ acidity, tannins and high but balanced alcohol (14.5%). Full-bodied but very well balanced, w/ med to med+ flavor intensity and length. Traditional in style, it is a very elegant harmonious wine which is still drinking very well. At its peak or slightly past.
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