2006 Stonestreet Fifth Ridge

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90 Points

Tuesday, July 3, 2012 - This bottle was just ready to drink now - enjoyed at the Classic Cafe in Roanoke TX. Should have been decanted, but wasn't. They didn't have decanters. This was basically served as a pop and pour. Altec-style agglomerate cork was removed. About 1mm of cork bleed consistently. The wine poured almost black into the glass. The initial smell was blackberry and chocolate with that sweeter finish to suggest molasses or chocolate. Initial taste was a bit acidic, some tart black fruit, but mostly there was smoke, leather, and tobacco on the front, with some muted blackberry showing up in the middle along with some baker's chocolate and forest floor leading to a spicy but dull finish. Took about 10 minutes for the acid to blow off, and about 20 minutes for integration, but slowly the wine started to tip towards having a nice dark fruit backbone, interlaced earthiness throughout. The wine was initially enjoyed with some black bean hummus, which went incredibly well. Later the wine was enjoyed with lamb chops, and the earthiness really started to show its true colors with the lamb. This wine is BARELY getting started. You can drink this one now if you decant about an hour. Full flavor profile in about 45 minutes I'd say. Probably good for another 5 years, although I'm not a fan of the agglomerate corks to similarly age any two identical bottles of wine. In another 1-2 years this wine will probably show 91 to 92.

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