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Tuesday, January 26, 2021 - Last bottle I had was maybe the best bottle of wine I’ve had in my life. On the anniversary of Kobe’s passing it seemed fitting and a good time to revisit.

Nose: mixed berries (especially blackberry), graphite, mint, baking spices + vanilla, pipe tobacco, black licorice, black olive, tar, wet cement, aged leather, and of course the signature burnt oak that accompanies newton wines. The nose brings a little bit of everything and has me really excited to take the first sip, much more herbs, minerals, secondary and tertiary flavors than fruit.

Graphite shines through immediately, milky heavier body, soft tannin, and deep dark fruits. Finish is a little chewy: oak, black tea, smoked tobacco, and 80+ dark chocolate with a touch of mint. Ripe blackberry, kind of like blackberry ice cream that isn’t sweet and has a touch of mint. Black licorice, black olives provide a savory touch, and pretty much everything involved in this wine has deep dark colors/flavors and characteristics.

This is really good and I think it hits its peak window in the next few years. 95.5

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