Reddish brown with slight opacity. Plum, tobacco, and spice nose. Savory, spicy, good sweet blackberry fruit. This bottle is drinking very well right now. Complex, savory with good balancing custardy sweetness. Very good.
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Very dark purple. A bit too much cooked prune for me. Remnants of a fruit-forward youth? Ei really liked the earthy tastes and enjoyed it much more than I did. Good savory elements, but no elegance or finesse.
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Drank over three nights. Started off very rich and fruit forward. Notes of ripe fig and black tea. Unfortunately not as complex or balanced as other vintages. Gained more balance with a light dusting of cocao on subsequent evening but still not many secondary flavors.
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Anita: Sour bubble gum aromas, some hints at cherry and rasp. and cranberry, a little tart fruit. New wet wood. Slight bitter fin. A hint of soy sauce! I did not like this much. OK with BBQ chicken.
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8/24/2018 - Mmomike Likes this wine: 88 Points
Not bad! Great acid! Low tannin. Not too sweet. There may be a little too much oak here but overall is a great food wine.
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3/5/2018 - RobbVino Likes this wine: 92 Points
Excellent condition, tannins still there after 18 years
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7/20/2014 - Atwellian wrote: 90 Points
Reddish brown with slight opacity. Plum, tobacco, and spice nose. Savory, spicy, good sweet blackberry fruit. This bottle is drinking very well right now. Complex, savory with good balancing custardy sweetness. Very good.
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12/17/2012 - eniskonuk wrote: 91 Points
- Garnet color and has flavours of raisin, strawberry jam and tea.
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5/6/2012 - Atwellian wrote: 84 Points
Very dark purple. A bit too much cooked prune for me. Remnants of a fruit-forward youth? Ei really liked the earthy tastes and enjoyed it much more than I did. Good savory elements, but no elegance or finesse.
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5/2/2012 - pdxwineguy wrote: 89 Points
Drank over three nights. Started off very rich and fruit forward. Notes of ripe fig and black tea. Unfortunately not as complex or balanced as other vintages. Gained more balance with a light dusting of cocao on subsequent evening but still not many secondary flavors.
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8/23/2004 - peternelson wrote: 86 Points
Anita: Sour bubble gum aromas, some hints at cherry and rasp. and cranberry, a little tart fruit. New wet wood. Slight bitter fin. A hint of soy sauce! I did not like this much. OK with BBQ chicken.
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