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Saturday, January 14, 2023 - Jan 2023: Decanted 1.5 hours. First sip without food lay heavily on the palate with a long, long finish. At least 60 seconds. Tastes of dark chocolate, sweet cherries, soy sauce, and some brighter red fruit recalling the 1997 we had some years ago that seemed to hold a brand new life inside of it, not something that has been aging over two decades. We started the meal with a Thai-inspired coconut soup, and followed that with a rack of lamb, roasted chestnuts, and asparagus in a lemony sauce. This wine's aroma was reminiscent of the $50-80 cabernet I've been finding, only this was then better. A bit more yeast in the aroma, and a much longer lasting finish. The aroma haunting the glass, even an empty one, was as remarkable as the flavor. Dark chocolate, summer bing cherries so sweet it reminds you nature's sugar is the best sugar. Abreu is a rare experience, and the ones I get online I can never tell if they'll be good. Why would someone sell such a wine once they had it and knew what it was?

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