Cloudy crimson color. Nose smells very much alive, with intense aromas of barnyard, sous bois, and pencil lead, with a very pure mineralic underpinning. The palate is similarly earthy and slightly ferric. There is ample acidity left but the fruit has receded, giving the overall impression of tart cherries or underripe stone fruit. Lots of interesting tertiary nuance throughout both the nose and the palate, but this has become a bit unbalanced in its late maturity. No reason to wait- enjoy now.
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Leather, truffle, spice. Core of ripe red fruit. Tannic and a touch acidic. Fully developed but not tired. Still deep, bright ruby despite shedding loads of sediment. Profound. (93 Excellent wine)
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Open nose, showing notes of fruit and oxidation: dry twigs, forest floor, rotting leaves, cranberry, red cherry. Palate is acid-forward and juicy, faded but lively. Flavours of red cherry, dried cranberry, and orange.
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brick red and pretty cloudy, on the nose getting tart strawberries, palate is tart strawberries and significant spice... quite a bite which is good, structure still holding up strong but i'm afraid the fruit has faded and i'd drink these now... feels like the acid and spice already a bit too dominant over the fruit and may get worse with time... but nice wine for bridge nite w jeannie, sedge and tiff
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Not especially elegant but this still shows plenty of fruit and turned out to be a pretty nice drink. The rough tannins mellowed with time in the glass and if we hadn't finished the bottle so quickly I'm sure this would have continued to improve.
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Beautiful! Very complex but not a sledgehammer. Really opened up and gave beautiful cherry and berry with a elegant finish. This bottle was much more evolved than the one I drank two years ago. Good stuff!
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Wow, what an incredible aged Burgundy. While the 1990 vintage has taken some heat lately, when it's right, as it with this wine, it is an incredibly rich and concentrated vintage. The nose is filled with blueberry and cherry pie and complex ferrous minerals. Deep, rich and concentrated on the palate with intense fruit flavors of dark cherries, wintergreen, minerals and spices. Still maintains a perfect backbone of acidity that keep the palate fresh. What a wondrous wine to serve with Lobels Prime Rib.
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5/22/2017 - robferguson1 wrote: 92 Points
Good secondary as u would expect in a 27 year old wine , nice and deep and lots on back palate, have long liked Rion wines, this confirms that liking
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5/14/2017 - NineteenEightyTwo Likes this wine: 88 Points
Cloudy crimson color. Nose smells very much alive, with intense aromas of barnyard, sous bois, and pencil lead, with a very pure mineralic underpinning. The palate is similarly earthy and slightly ferric. There is ample acidity left but the fruit has receded, giving the overall impression of tart cherries or underripe stone fruit. Lots of interesting tertiary nuance throughout both the nose and the palate, but this has become a bit unbalanced in its late maturity. No reason to wait- enjoy now.
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5/7/2017 - robferguson1 wrote: 92 Points
Class, advanced secondary , to extent it looked dead when poured but great mix of old and new and thickness of c de v .
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9/4/2016 - G.M. wrote: 93 Points
Leather, truffle, spice. Core of ripe red fruit. Tannic and a touch acidic. Fully developed but not tired. Still deep, bright ruby despite shedding loads of sediment. Profound. (93 Excellent wine)
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5/14/2015 - Drinking Trees wrote:
Open nose, showing notes of fruit and oxidation: dry twigs, forest floor, rotting leaves, cranberry, red cherry. Palate is acid-forward and juicy, faded but lively. Flavours of red cherry, dried cranberry, and orange.
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8/30/2012 - Lord Rayas wrote: 91 Points
Post dinner drinks with KH and Eric (The Pawn): light colour and cloudy. some nice secondary aromas although fruit is on the wane. drink up!
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4/21/2012 - WoodieBayArea wrote: 91 Points
brick red and pretty cloudy, on the nose getting tart strawberries, palate is tart strawberries and significant spice... quite a bite which is good, structure still holding up strong but i'm afraid the fruit has faded and i'd drink these now... feels like the acid and spice already a bit too dominant over the fruit and may get worse with time... but nice wine for bridge nite w jeannie, sedge and tiff
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4/20/2008 - 60ouvrees wrote:
Not especially elegant but this still shows plenty of fruit and turned out to be a pretty nice drink. The rough tannins mellowed with time in the glass and if we hadn't finished the bottle so quickly I'm sure this would have continued to improve.
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4/13/2008 - dougie wrote: 95 Points
Beautiful! Very complex but not a sledgehammer. Really opened up and gave beautiful cherry and berry with a elegant finish. This bottle was much more evolved than the one I drank two years ago. Good stuff!
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8/18/2007 - dream wrote: 96 Points
Wow, what an incredible aged Burgundy. While the 1990 vintage has taken some heat lately, when it's right, as it with this wine, it is an incredibly rich and concentrated vintage. The nose is filled with blueberry and cherry pie and complex ferrous minerals. Deep, rich and concentrated on the palate with intense fruit flavors of dark cherries, wintergreen, minerals and spices. Still maintains a perfect backbone of acidity that keep the palate fresh. What a wondrous wine to serve with Lobels Prime Rib.
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