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skip2mylu Likes this wine:

Sunday, August 30, 2020 - - Just Opened = 84pts - complex and youthful, lots of mint
- 3hr Decant = 87pts - complex, very fruit forward and heavy.
Deep garnet, hazy, big and colorful legs - resembles a paso robles CDR style or Australian shiraz - looks like Nyquil.
Nice and clean on the nose, med+ intensity. It started off with slate, cherry juice, huge mint leaf, cola bean, vegetal (asparagus) and sulphuric acid / After 3hr decant it was much more subdued but much more fruity - cherry, plum, vanilla, cherry cola, bottle cap candy, slight mint and slight gasoline.
Very dry on the palate, med+ tannins, huge body, my lips are still grippy after one minute! Cocoa powder, ripe bing cherry, firecracker, very fruit and alcohol forward. Reminds me of a sweet bourbon, slight wheat and switchgrass.
It may be deceiving me by the alcohol and fruit but this probably has 20yrs+ remaining on it.
I see this wine going one of two ways:
1. It will become refined and beautiful.
2. It will become a mishmash of fruit, alcohol and tannins with stewed fruit like spoiled red apples.
It is good with steak and dark chocolate.
This wine is not worth the price I have paid for it over the years. I think a value price for this would be about $15 but that is nowhere near what I and others pay for it.
I have one left which I'll keep for when my kid turns 21.

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