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Eric wrote:

Saturday, December 11, 2004 - Seattle Tasting Group 'End of Year Dinner' #2 (Sammamish, WA, USA): This was one of the only wines that wasn’t pre-decanted, and I think it suffered a bit for it. The nose was spicy with cinnamon that slowly grew to take on more of a Cheval Blanc Asian spice character and then an intriguing hint of violets as this sat longer in the glass. Alas, the palate didn’t follow through on the exotic and giving nose showing very tight and even astringent, opening reluctantly with time to show some mint. For me it never really did give as much as I hoped for, although it was clearly an outstanding wine that was holding back. I started at 88 points but moved up to 90.

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