I really enjoyed this bottle. Decanted and consumed over 3 hours with beef tenderloin, roast potatoes and some sautéed veggies. Really deep, dark red. This is fresh and smooth. Everything is nicely in balance, with nice dark fruits. This is drinking really well right now. In a previous note, I said I would wait another five years, but I am changing my mind - there really is no reason to wait on these.
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Finished off a previously Coravin'd bottle (tapped about four months ago). This wine is really great. Wonderful fruit and the nose just reaches out of the glass and stretches across the room.
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This is day 4 of my Coravin experiment, where I am tapping into some of those bottles that I have been holding for a special day. Today is one of those days...
This Arcanum is still fresh and powerful. Still has great fruit flavours of dark cherries. Nice fruity nose. This is still hot. Very nice wine that needs some time to come together. I would guess next bottle in 5 years. Really enjoyable wine.
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4/15/2017 - Genghis88 Likes this wine: 91 Points
This is the second and last bottle i own. I am missing it already. My first bottle was underwhelming, but this time it came through.
Dark purple, robust, and full bodied.
Some under-ripe red cherries, light oak hints
Sour cherries, medium finish, beach like, sandy, loamy, slick.
An VERY GOOD food pairing wine....
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11/22/2016 - Genghis88 wrote: 87 Points
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Deep, heavy, full bodied, ruby red
AMAZING nose! Sweet cherries, port like qualities, raspberries, vanilla
Allspice, cloves, pencil shavings
WOW! NOTHING like the nose would have indicated. Earthy, meaty,
Tobacco, wet leather, gravely,
This is a food pairing wine for sure. Expensive as well.
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11/29/2015 - geppetto Likes this wine: 94 Points
I really enjoyed this bottle. Decanted and consumed over 3 hours with beef tenderloin, roast potatoes and some sautéed veggies. Really deep, dark red. This is fresh and smooth. Everything is nicely in balance, with nice dark fruits. This is drinking really well right now. In a previous note, I said I would wait another five years, but I am changing my mind - there really is no reason to wait on these.
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9/23/2015 - sharonandroland Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very smooth tannins. some pencil shavings, medicinal and herbal aromas of Tuscan IGT. Lacks a bit of lift.
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2/19/2015 - geppetto Likes this wine: 93 Points
Finished off a previously Coravin'd bottle (tapped about four months ago). This wine is really great. Wonderful fruit and the nose just reaches out of the glass and stretches across the room.
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10/26/2014 - geppetto wrote: 93 Points
This is day 4 of my Coravin experiment, where I am tapping into some of those bottles that I have been holding for a special day. Today is one of those days...
This Arcanum is still fresh and powerful. Still has great fruit flavours of dark cherries. Nice fruity nose. This is still hot. Very nice wine that needs some time to come together. I would guess next bottle in 5 years. Really enjoyable wine.
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