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2007 Tenuta di Arceno Valadorna di Arcanum Toscana IGT
3/11/2013 - rfm9882 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Really nice. Drinking wonderfully and while it will probably be fine to sit on for 5+ years I enjoyed tasting and smelling it change throughout a long evening. To start, it was soft and elegant with chocolate covered blueberries but later on it was more high-toned cherry fruit with a crisp edge. The whole time it had a wonderful old world perfume. Open now to appreciate the way it progresses throughout the evening with a friend, but save it for a year or two if you want to drink with a crowd as it may go too quick to appreciate how it improves and grows with time.
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2011 Tilia Merlot
2/13/2013 - rfm9882 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Neil Martin nailed it! Honest Merlot at a great price. Smells fantastic with notes of cherry juice, chocolate, mineral and some flower I can't put my finger on. The palate isn't too shabby either. The tilia is decidedly soft but isn't without an delicately acidic finish. The cherry syrup flavor lingers. Like the cherry syrup you put on pancakes. This makes it sound very sweet but it isn't. However, old world it is not.
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2010 Domaine de la Janasse Côtes du Rhône Reserve
2/13/2013 - rfm9882 wrote: 92 Points
Lives at the intersection of tasty and classy. Has a fruity richness that is tempered by a crisp structure, so that it finishes elegant. Really opened up with air. I did not get many tertiary notes off the wine other than the lovely mineral component, but it is young still and those will come.
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