1/18/2020 - Ankur Singla Likes this wine:

The cork disintegrated but the wine was still drinking really well. It will probably still drink well for another 3-5 years.

1/3/2020 - Ankur Singla wrote:

Drinking well - needs decanting

1/3/2020 - Ankur Singla wrote:

Plan on about 1 hour of decanting before consuming the wine. Its past its drinking age but still drinking average/fine.

1/1/2020 - Ankur Singla wrote:

I was worried about a case of this wine sitting in the cellar for this long. The wax on the cork is a pain in the neck and even though it was kept perfectly, the cork was dry and needed a lot of care to remove as it was breaking apart.

I thinking it probably needs a couple more years to mellow down as there is still a lot of oak. However, 90mins of decanting did wonders for this wine and it started drinking much better.

9/9/2016 - Ankur Singla wrote:

Thirty minutes of decanting and it got much better. Fairly abrupt change of taste, in a good way at 30 mins.

4/18/2010 - Ankur Singla wrote:

Little early to drink. Needs at least 45mins of decanting.

2/26/2010 - Ankur Singla wrote:

Don't know what k&l wines was thinking when they put it on the italian wine club.

12/22/2009 - Ankur Singla wrote:

Drinking Window over

5/23/2009 - Ankur Singla wrote:

Much better than first bottle. Slight tannins, earthy, with some fruit.

5/3/2009 - Ankur Singla wrote:

Ready to drink now through end of the year, it had softer tannins than I had hoped. Started off well and then had a slight sour aftertaste towards the end [2 hrs after the bottle was opened] - Fairly balanced and mild otherwise.