November 13, 2014 - perfect and ready to drink
September 15, 2014 - ready to drink - light
January 8, 2012 - Nice
September 24, 2011 - Big wine. Needed a solid two hour decant. Still not a ton of fruit showing - it's all hidden by massive tannins and high alcohol structure.
There's some serious earth, black olive, tar and rustic raspberries.
Still really tight, maybe closed down, maybe just disjointed on the finish. Didn't love this too much - and at $65 on some lists, probably not worth the coin.
August 19, 2011 - Spicy at first then finish is anticlimactic.
August 19, 2011 - Not at all strong smelling, taste was a bit spicy at first but finish was anticlimactic.
May 6, 2011 - Better then previous bottles, the wine was more in balance with some spices and nice dark fruit. Having that said, it still lacked some acid and still too much alcohol in the aftertaste.
January 11, 2010 - Just not that interesting. Nothing wrong with it per se, just that it only tasted like "red wine." Very one dimensional. Was not helped/hindered with aeration. Disappointed since I've really liked past vintages.
January 9, 2010 - Ripe ruby colour. Intensive fruity aroma of ripe forest fruit, blueberries, blackberries with a hint of black tea. On the palate full of fruit, elegant, with soft and delicate tannins and moderate acidity. Nice aftertaste.
November 19, 2009 - Dissapointing wine. A bit closed, warm, bold one dimensional flavour profile (a bit "boers"), It left me quite indifferent. Will not touch my last bottle for at least a year or so (but my hopes are not that high...)