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• VeniceCalif wrote: 89 points

  July 31, 2013 - Decanted 1 hr. ahead. Deep garnet color with a bit of brown. Fragrant nose with relatively mature scents of cedar, tobacco, red fruit compote. Medium-bodied on the palate as it strives for elegance and almost makes it. Flavors are nice but a bit toasty; acid balance is in the middle. Finishes well with light grip, cherry flavors and light tannins. This is a more mature version of the wine that I drank about 3 years ago, and its evolution has been very instructive. The cedary, "forest floor" tones are still here, as are the red-fruit flavors. "Lodi" traits, such as extraction, have ascended somewhat, causing a slight downgrade. Still, it's a very interesting bottle, very much worth drinking.

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