Popped and poured. Much better than expected. A touch of bricking at the edges, but otherwise a lovely garnet color. Raspberry and leather nose. Still lots of red fruit and mouthwatering acidity. Some tannins remain, all capped off by a savory profile. This one was a pleasant surprise.
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Light to medium brick red color. Fragrant dark cherry and licorice bouquet. Ready to drink now with its forward soft flavor. Lush soft fruit, well-rounded, yet still has good grip and length. Goes on and on in the aftertaste. Cork popped about an hour before drinking.
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Tasted a bit old and prune juicy out of the bottle, but with a little bit of air this cleaned up nicely and was quite enjoyable. Fully mature and certainly fun to drink.
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Private Dinner (New York, NY): On opening, whiffs of cedar and earth followed by bright red fruits, with sweet, tart cherries and rocking acidity on the palate. After two hours, a black cherry aroma and flavor dominates, accompanied by truffle, dried violets, and of course damp earth and dried leaves. Slight candied strawberry on the finish. This shows no sign of age, and is in fact far more primary than the 1998 I've had on a few occasions over the last year. Rated 2 on a scale of -1 to 3.
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The nose on this wine offers superb freshness, especially for the vintage, with it's notes of tarragon, leather, cigarette smoke and hints of cocoa cookie dough. This opens a bit tough on the palate with grippy tannins though lovely acidity. The texture is quite Burgundian and while the midpalate offers up tons of red berry fruit there is not much complexity or length. Still a bit too youthful this should add both in due time. 2011-2018
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Lovely but fading. Dry leather at first open, it responded to air and came alive for an hour and a half before starting to decay a bit. Really enticing aromas and flavors of leather and shoe polish with overripe, at-the-cusp-of-oxidized, slightly sharp, cherry fruit. Very much a seductive older woman, an analogy I might want to avoid given my advancing age. Not a good wine for those in search of a quickie, but as Janis said, "get it while you can."
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I love that dried herb, leather, dark cherry, vanilla nose of a good Tuscan wine. Vibrant acidity, good fruit, perhaps too drying for some ... lots of subtle curves to the palate. It's elegance beat out a damn fine SV Uriah by a hair this night.
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Edges bricking. Nose of cherries, and strangely enough, salami. Acidity on the lower side, with currants. Medium finish. Tasting may be skewed due to taking antibiotics.
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10/28/2023 - BernieMSY Likes this wine: 92 Points
Popped and poured.
Much better than expected. A touch of bricking at the edges, but otherwise a lovely garnet color. Raspberry and leather nose.
Still lots of red fruit and mouthwatering acidity. Some tannins remain, all capped off by a savory profile. This one was a pleasant surprise.
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11/12/2022 - VinhoVerde Likes this wine: 94 Points
Light to medium brick red color. Fragrant dark cherry and licorice bouquet. Ready to drink now with its forward soft flavor. Lush soft fruit, well-rounded, yet still has good grip and length. Goes on and on in the aftertaste.
Cork popped about an hour before drinking.
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6/18/2022 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 92 Points
Tasted a bit old and prune juicy out of the bottle, but with a little bit of air this cleaned up nicely and was quite enjoyable. Fully mature and certainly fun to drink.
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12/31/2017 - MikeATL wrote: 91 Points
Elegant and delicious, with a little dust and fine tannin.
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10/3/2017 - BernieMSY wrote: 87 Points
Faded but not without charm
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2/14/2014 - kevinacohn wrote:
Private Dinner (New York, NY): On opening, whiffs of cedar and earth followed by bright red fruits, with sweet, tart cherries and rocking acidity on the palate. After two hours, a black cherry aroma and flavor dominates, accompanied by truffle, dried violets, and of course damp earth and dried leaves. Slight candied strawberry on the finish. This shows no sign of age, and is in fact far more primary than the 1998 I've had on a few occasions over the last year. Rated 2 on a scale of -1 to 3.
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11/28/2013 - jhngo wrote: 90 Points
good easy drinking wine
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11/18/2010 - yui wrote: 89 Points
should have decanted it more. wine left in bottle was better next day. Score based on 1st day
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4/12/2008 - Gregory Dal Piaz wrote: 88 Points
The nose on this wine offers superb freshness, especially for the vintage, with it's notes of tarragon, leather, cigarette smoke and hints of cocoa cookie dough. This opens a bit tough on the palate with grippy tannins though lovely acidity. The texture is quite Burgundian and while the midpalate offers up tons of red berry fruit there is not much complexity or length. Still a bit too youthful this should add both in due time. 2011-2018
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8/21/2007 - bevetroppo wrote: 89 Points
Lovely but fading. Dry leather at first open, it responded to air and came alive for an hour and a half before starting to decay a bit. Really enticing aromas and flavors of leather and shoe polish with overripe, at-the-cusp-of-oxidized, slightly sharp, cherry fruit. Very much a seductive older woman, an analogy I might want to avoid given my advancing age. Not a good wine for those in search of a quickie, but as Janis said, "get it while you can."
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7/1/2007 - wmbar wrote: 90 Points
Needed every bit of the 10 years to drink as advertised.
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6/27/2005 - R2-D2 wrote: 92 Points
I love that dried herb, leather, dark cherry, vanilla nose of a good Tuscan wine. Vibrant acidity, good fruit, perhaps too drying for some ... lots of subtle curves to the palate. It's elegance beat out a damn fine SV Uriah by a hair this night.
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4/16/2005 - jcubed wrote: 89 Points
Edges bricking. Nose of cherries, and strangely enough, salami. Acidity on the lower side, with currants. Medium finish. Tasting may be skewed due to taking antibiotics.
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