Tasting Notes 16 found

Lovely bottle of this. The concentration, poise and length all excellent. Very easy to drink. Perhaps a touch too much "brackish" acidity at the moment. (210 views)

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13th Annual Lyon 10 year Retrospective (Eugene, Oregon): This wine stood out as different in the flight for the exuberent, jammy fruit. Some wondered Washington? Fun to drink, but not challenging/ cerebral. (461 views)

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Was very curious about this bottle given the highly mixed press. It appears the provenance was good here, as this wine was decanted and exhibited a great dark red color with a very concentrated nose. The nose here included red fruit, leather, spice (nutmeg), and some vanilla. The taste was very rich and concentrated, and gave way to many different textures throughout the night. The finish was long and impressive. Overall, this seems like it is still drinking very well. (840 views)

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Give this wine a couple hours of decanter time. (918 views)

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1st night: a little muted on this 2nd outing; potentially slightly corked or damaged. 2nd night: TBA (864 views)

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very nice right nw; not over the top or too bold; friuty and conplex (936 views)

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From blind-cue. 88;60, very mature looking but thick and dark. Very impressive looking. Nose had intense high fruit. Mouthfeel a bit hard at first but fattened up a bit later. Excellent balance, very sweet intense fruit, high acid and a good tannic back-bone in the end. On the palate it had great intensity and lots of aromatics. Long afteraste. Very impressive wine, only drawback it is may be a bit simple but very delicious. Best bottle yet of this wine. (1118 views)

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Opaque ruby body with a garnet rim; pronounced high sherbet, ripe black fruits, sous bois, caramel and a stone-ish character I can't really place; zesty bright palate but with full fruit and texture to carry it; a bit tannic at this stage but with medium+ length it has all the components to develop even more - definitely worth tracking the others over time. (1403 views)

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on my birthday (1511 views)

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Battle of the 1999's; 9/28/2007-9/30/2007 (My house): Was one of the first wines of the evening and was simply excellent. Hints of cocco, and dark ripe fruit on the nose, with breeies, ripe fruit and teryaki on the palate. Mouthfeel was excellent and nice finish. (1698 views)

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Very dissapointed, this was nothing like the bottle I tasted over a year ago. This bottle must have hit it's peak in 2005. Decanted for 2.5 hours. Nose of leather, dark fruit, and a hint of spice. Flavor was muted and disjointed. Certainly not as fruit forward as the bottle I drank in 2005. (2032 views)

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I was dissapointed. On opening, it was oaky and unbalanced. Got better with time and was much better the next day. Still, this wine was fairly hyped. I don't get it. (2189 views)

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Unbalanced, tannic, with an uninteresting nose. ....... ...EDIT: This wine really opened up after 2-3 hours, with better balance and more prominent berry fruit. Remained tannic. I bumped it from 86 to 89. (2269 views)

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Tasted as part of a blind tasting of "cabs 1999 and older". This wine finished tied for 2nd, and was my #2 favorite as well. An ebullient bouquet of dark fruits that had me convinced it was from Napa or Sonoma. Somewhat light on the attack, but then finishes with a great intensity. The concentration of berry and cassis fruit on the back end is very impressive and bodes well for further aging. Some interesting bay leaf notes, as well. Drink 2008 through 2012. (2814 views)

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Bouquet of black licorice. Black raspberry with a very long finish. Blind tasted against 97 Insignia, 96 Chateau Pontet-Canet, 99 Blanket estate, and 78 BV Georges de Latour. Came in 2nd to 97 Insignia. Great Cab (2759 views)

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