Chocolate, cherry and spicy herbs. Once opened its tough on tannins but after 90 min decanted it incredibly opened up to taste well - compliment versatile food faire -grilled tuna appetizer and grilled T Bone steak. Try 2 hours of decanting and will do even better or just open the bottle two years in two years.
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Nothing wrong with this wine, but nothing special, either. Great nose, but disappointing on the palate, just no real complexity or body to it. Pleasant enough.
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Intense fruit with notes of blackberry, cherry and raspberry. Some liquorice, herbs and baking spice: cinnamon, clove. Sweet oak notes of toffee and chocolate. Fullbodied and sweetishly fruity - I'd like to see more structure here. Nice notes of clove and pine as well as some cherry jam, leather and oak in the ok-length finish. Some heat. This might get better and more balanced with some more age, but I ain't that interested to find out.
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2/8/2015 - Letzdave11 wrote: 90 Points
Lots of taste
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12/14/2014 - gbanks wrote:
Needs time; try in another two years. Kind of disjointed at the present.
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10/18/2013 - Tpairing wrote: 89 Points
Chocolate, cherry and spicy herbs. Once opened its tough on tannins but after 90 min decanted it incredibly opened up to taste well - compliment versatile food faire -grilled tuna appetizer and grilled T Bone steak. Try 2 hours of decanting and will do even better or just open the bottle two years in two years.
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2/24/2013 - ericjabel wrote: 85 Points
Nothing wrong with this wine, but nothing special, either. Great nose, but disappointing on the palate, just no real complexity or body to it. Pleasant enough.
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8/26/2011 - GregGH wrote: 88 Points
adequate for the $$
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10/13/2010 - avp wrote:
Intense fruit with notes of blackberry, cherry and raspberry. Some liquorice, herbs and baking spice: cinnamon, clove. Sweet oak notes of toffee and chocolate.
Fullbodied and sweetishly fruity - I'd like to see more structure here. Nice notes of clove and pine as well as some cherry jam, leather and oak in the ok-length finish. Some heat.
This might get better and more balanced with some more age, but I ain't that interested to find out.
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