Good color, good nose, the fruit flavors were there, but very much masked by what both my wife and I could at best on call "hot". The bottle was open and let to aerate a bit, we tried it, left the glass to sit, tried it later, then tried it again after about 4 hours. To its end it remained a bit too strong for me to rate it much higher in spite of previous good experiences. I have no reason to believe there was a bottle problem. It was not so bad we could not drink it, just not the experience we were hoping for. It was perhaps opened too early, and could have stood a couple more years at rest.
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2007 Penfolds Shiraz Bin 128
1/22/2012 - xsnrg wrote: 82 Points
Good color, good nose, the fruit flavors were there, but very much masked by what both my wife and I could at best on call "hot". The bottle was open and let to aerate a bit, we tried it, left the glass to sit, tried it later, then tried it again after about 4 hours. To its end it remained a bit too strong for me to rate it much higher in spite of previous good experiences. I have no reason to believe there was a bottle problem. It was not so bad we could not drink it, just not the experience we were hoping for. It was perhaps opened too early, and could have stood a couple more years at rest.
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2006 Martinelli Pinot Noir Bondi Home Ranch Water Trough Vineyard
10/10/2011 - xsnrg Likes this wine: 91 Points
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2004 Martinelli Pinot Noir Seven Mules
10/9/2011 - xsnrg Likes this wine: 91 Points
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