Decanted for 2 hours, you get a sense for a great core and balance, in spite of the concentration, was not giving up a lot. Started opening up after about 3 hours with some aromatics, but we had to move on to other wines. This bottle needed more air, or probably more time, may be shut down a bit right now?
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Obviously mature, but surprisingly holding on to a core of red fruit (A bit muddy), classic notes of graphite and cedar, moderate acidity.....PnPd, opened up after about a 1/2 hour, then began to decline after 1.5 hours or so, would not decant this for very long, quite good
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2011 Sine Qua Non Grenache Dark Blossom
3/26/2017 - Bill Bucklew wrote:
Decanted for 2 hours, you get a sense for a great core and balance, in spite of the concentration, was not giving up a lot. Started opening up after about 3 hours with some aromatics, but we had to move on to other wines. This bottle needed more air, or probably more time, may be shut down a bit right now?
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1955 Château Branaire (Duluc-Ducru)
3/25/2017 - Bill Bucklew wrote: 90 Points
Obviously mature, but surprisingly holding on to a core of red fruit (A bit muddy), classic notes of graphite and cedar, moderate acidity.....PnPd, opened up after about a 1/2 hour, then began to decline after 1.5 hours or so, would not decant this for very long, quite good
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1989 Beni di Batasiolo Barolo Vigneto Corda della Briccolina
3/25/2017 - Bill Bucklew wrote:
Bought in Italy for 40,000 lira, still holding on mixed muted red and black fruits decent acidity a bit tannic, definitely time to drink up
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