7/12/2022 - Bosbevok wrote: 100 points

Now I’m biased because Shafer HSS and Sunspot are my favourite wines. I’ve tasted a lot of wine since I started in 1993 and this could be the finest I have ever had. Still looks dark and brooding in the glass. Huge nose on opening this magnum. Lots of cedar and baking chocolate wafts from the glass. Melted liquorice and red fruit compote follow on the bouquet. Lovely mouthfeel almost hedonistic in texture, I probably only smelt for the first 20 minutes. Monumental in the mouth as black and red dessert fruits explode. Turns quickly to a flinty and cigar like older world taste style. The wine initially tricked me into believing it was younger than it was, quickly hitting me with its classic personality. Brilliant meshing if constituents into equilibrium like Picasso would do. This was more an experience than a glass of wine. Bravo!