A dinner guest tried opening this with a waiter's knife and the cork started sinking. I tried rescuing it but the cork had no structural integrity and just fell apart no matter how gently it was pulled. The screw actually bore a hole in the cork with it still intact in the bottle. First time I've ever seen that happen. The ah-so just pushed the cork even further down the neck so we spent 15-minutes doing critical care surgery to extract the cork in bits and pieces.
Once poured in glass, the colour showed a clean medium-purple. Scents of dark fruits and brett. Palate was thin and muted at first but a 30-minute aeration brought out the earthy elements balanced by mature fruit and surprisingly good acidity. A good medium weight in the mouth with a nice satisfying finish.
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PnP corkage at restaurant, really should have decanted a few hours as it was just starting to be wonderful towards the end of dinner. Expressive funky animal nose, with strawberry (specifically) & other red fruit, yogurt. Palate continues funky elements alongside blueberry, cherry, old cedar sawdust, and leather. Short to mid-length finish. Hard to come by in the states, wish I had more.
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Brick - shows maturity. Smells like shit, barn yard and dark Chocolate - not fruit. No tannins left but still fresh in the aftertaste. Half body and a bit short, but what's left is so pure, mature and delicious. Probably a perfect bottle for this wine.
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A very nice bottle of wine indeed. Classic perfumed nose, with hints of red roses and humid dark mould and sweet aromas of oak. A rather developed rim, nice developing from clear water to dark dark red in the center through orange pink! and light red.@ Would have thought it would have been sweeter in the mouth after the looks and nose. But goes very well with the food, filet of elch (moose) Fantastic acidity to clear the mouth. Having the wine in the mouth, swallow and breath.. The aromas, density, the texture of the wine fills the mouth and the taste stays for a long time. As of concentrated grapes with no sugar left! Very goog now, and at a right time to drink it. One bottle of the Father(mother) wine 1996. It will rest for at least 8-10 years.
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5/10/2024 - Kmmk Likes this wine: 89 Points
A dinner guest tried opening this with a waiter's knife and the cork started sinking. I tried rescuing it but the cork had no structural integrity and just fell apart no matter how gently it was pulled. The screw actually bore a hole in the cork with it still intact in the bottle. First time I've ever seen that happen. The ah-so just pushed the cork even further down the neck so we spent 15-minutes doing critical care surgery to extract the cork in bits and pieces.
Once poured in glass, the colour showed a clean medium-purple. Scents of dark fruits and brett. Palate was thin and muted at first but a 30-minute aeration brought out the earthy elements balanced by mature fruit and surprisingly good acidity. A good medium weight in the mouth with a nice satisfying finish.
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2/21/2018 - aero Likes this wine: 92 Points
PnP corkage at restaurant, really should have decanted a few hours as it was just starting to be wonderful towards the end of dinner. Expressive funky animal nose, with strawberry (specifically) & other red fruit, yogurt. Palate continues funky elements alongside blueberry, cherry, old cedar sawdust, and leather. Short to mid-length finish. Hard to come by in the states, wish I had more.
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4/30/2016 - sigge Likes this wine: 93 Points
Brick - shows maturity. Smells like shit, barn yard and dark Chocolate - not fruit. No tannins left but still fresh in the aftertaste. Half body and a bit short, but what's left is so pure, mature and delicious. Probably a perfect bottle for this wine.
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2/19/2016 - cnordstr wrote: 86 Points
Very shy, classic nose. However, fails to deliver. Short and a bit green. We could not finish the bottle.
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7/1/2011 - cnordstr wrote: flawed
Corked
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11/26/2010 - cnordstr wrote: flawed
Nose was cautious but was it not slightly off? The taste OK but the short aftertaste and the feeling of TCA made us decide, defective. Sorry.
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4/11/2010 - rbr3 wrote: 91 Points
A very nice bottle of wine indeed.
Classic perfumed nose, with hints of red roses and humid dark mould and sweet aromas of oak.
A rather developed rim, nice developing from clear water to dark dark red in the center through orange pink! and light red.@
Would have thought it would have been sweeter in the mouth after the looks and nose.
But goes very well with the food, filet of elch (moose)
Fantastic acidity to clear the mouth. Having the wine in the mouth, swallow and breath.. The aromas, density, the texture of the wine fills the mouth and the taste stays for a long time.
As of concentrated grapes with no sugar left!
Very goog now, and at a right time to drink it.
One bottle of the Father(mother) wine 1996. It will rest for at least 8-10 years.
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