This is our second bottle the first being six months ago. I am beginning to think the drink dates are off for this wine. The nose and finish seem so much more amplified with a conservative touch. What I thought was good is working it’s way towards great. I just wish I could stumble upon a few more bottles to test my theory.
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A nose of some dark fruit and spice, garnet in Color. A medium to full bodied red, with blackberry, cherry, some dust and spice on finish, good not great. www.winelx.com
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A heavy rich wine with lots of body. Hints of cranberry and blackberry and just the right amount of tannins. This is a wine you must drink with food because it's too powerful by itself.
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Still young but is a very enjoyable bottle now. Decanted for about 45 min just to give it a chance to open up a little. Had with prime strip steaks and had just enough tannin to stand up to the richness of the beef. Dark fruit just pumped through with a long finish. I have nor doubt this will be even better in a couple of years. For a $30 bottle of cab it's tough to beat.
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Bought off the list at Hanover Street Chop House. Decanter at the table and very primary initially. After about 20 minutes it began to open up. Enjoyed with some dry aged NY strips which matched very well with such a young tannic beast. Very enjoyable and would by again at a reasonable retail.
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Medium bodied, not oaky, fruit driven, ripe, abundant cassis aromatics and flavors. This does have a rather natural feel to it...almost gritty. Finish is nice, with some grip.
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12/2/2022 - Kymba99 Likes this wine: 88 Points
Smooth and surprisingly dry on finish! Happily surprised with this one
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9/26/2019 - brian_r93 Likes this wine: 92 Points
This is our second bottle the first being six months ago. I am beginning to think the drink dates are off for this wine. The nose and finish seem so much more amplified with a conservative touch. What I thought was good is working it’s way towards great. I just wish I could stumble upon a few more bottles to test my theory.
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7/18/2019 - corkscrews Likes this wine: 90 Points
A nose of some dark fruit and spice, garnet in Color. A medium to full bodied red, with blackberry, cherry, some dust and spice on finish, good not great. www.winelx.com
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3/30/2019 - The Raven Likes this wine: 90 Points
A heavy rich wine with lots of body. Hints of cranberry and blackberry and just the right amount of tannins. This is a wine you must drink with food because it's too powerful by itself.
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3/18/2019 - stormygirl Likes this wine: 90 Points
This is absolutely lovely right now! Fantastic nose of roasted meat, leather, and cherry. Tanins are at a perfect level IMHO. Drink up!
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2/24/2019 - g-man wrote: 91 Points
Still young but is a very enjoyable bottle now. Decanted for about 45 min just to give it a chance to open up a little. Had with prime strip steaks and had just enough tannin to stand up to the richness of the beef. Dark fruit just pumped through with a long finish. I have nor doubt this will be even better in a couple of years. For a $30 bottle of cab it's tough to beat.
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6/21/2018 - stormygirl Likes this wine: 89 Points
needs a bit of time to open up but drinking very well. Cedar, dark fruit, retrained oak, soft tannis
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10/8/2016 - g-man wrote: 89 Points
Bought off the list at Hanover Street Chop House. Decanter at the table and very primary initially. After about 20 minutes it began to open up. Enjoyed with some dry aged NY strips which matched very well with such a young tannic beast. Very enjoyable and would by again at a reasonable retail.
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11/15/2015 - dfldgirl94 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Enjoyed this wine. Has a drier finish than I prefer but good structure to the wine.
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8/16/2015 - wineotim wrote: 91 Points
Medium bodied, not oaky, fruit driven, ripe, abundant cassis aromatics and flavors. This does have a rather natural feel to it...almost gritty. Finish is nice, with some grip.
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3/20/2015 - onealkr Likes this wine: 89 Points
Very nice. Blackberries up front. Subtle graphite with a good finish.
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