Delicious right from the start, and improved throughout the evening, with dusty black & blueberries, dried tobacco, and touches of leather & winter spice. Tannins danced throughout the long, silky finish.
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Decanted for sediment. A lot of the upfront oak driven notes of coffee and chocolate that I remember from this wine have integrated and now it is mostly dark, plummy and black cherry fruit and spicy tobacco with a bit of sweet and sour sauce on the finish. Medium acid and tannin. Relatively long finish. In a very good spot and I would likely drink up if still holding any.
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I got this 10 years ago, then forgot about it until recently. The cork crumbled badly - my fault for treating it like a younger bottle - so I've been constantly dodging cork bits while drinking this (even with a filter!). The color seems to be just starting to brick, with thin edges. A nose of cedar, rum, and slightly overbaked strawberry pie. Medium bodied, very dirty cranberries, sage and rosemary, a trace of cherries, rustic tannins, smoke and leather, and a really nice, long dry finish. Very enjoyable and worth the wait.
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(Gran Elias Mora Toro) #1; COLOR-very dark; NOSE-coconut; raspberry; oak; big dark fruit; black cherries; PALATE-big, bold, delicious; structured; dark and tannic; and really nice blueberry pie flavors on the back-end; good firm tannic structure; great finish; will last for 10-12 years easy; a little over-oaked for me; really well made; beautiful wine; a little big for my palate; JM-93; JR-93; WS-95; GV-92
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8/10/2023 - NoWineWiz Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious right from the start, and improved throughout the evening, with dusty black & blueberries, dried tobacco, and touches of leather & winter spice. Tannins danced throughout the long, silky finish.
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7/7/2023 - Rich S Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted for sediment. A lot of the upfront oak driven notes of coffee and chocolate that I remember from this wine have integrated and now it is mostly dark, plummy and black cherry fruit and spicy tobacco with a bit of sweet and sour sauce on the finish. Medium acid and tannin. Relatively long finish. In a very good spot and I would likely drink up if still holding any.
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8/28/2022 - wmccone54 wrote:
Mature and complex. Unlikely to improve with further cellaring. DrInk through 2027+
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12/20/2021 - merryberry Likes this wine: 92 Points
I got this 10 years ago, then forgot about it until recently. The cork crumbled badly - my fault for treating it like a younger bottle - so I've been constantly dodging cork bits while drinking this (even with a filter!). The color seems to be just starting to brick, with thin edges. A nose of cedar, rum, and slightly overbaked strawberry pie. Medium bodied, very dirty cranberries, sage and rosemary, a trace of cherries, rustic tannins, smoke and leather, and a really nice, long dry finish. Very enjoyable and worth the wait.
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7/28/2021 - John O' Likes this wine:
Wow. This has gone from bruiser to elegant. No sign of any fading but why wait it's in a perfect drinking window.
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