PnP. Upon opening, this bottle had a wiff of VA. This blew off very quickly and revealed a beautiful wine. The color was dark red with ruby red bricking. Tannins are firm, but fully resolved. No sign of being over the hill. A pleasure to drink. Definitely reminds me more old world Bordeaux than NAPA. This vintage has many more years left, before it starts to drop off. Glad I have two more. Will revist in 3-4 years.
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I did a two hour decant while I cooked dinner (NY Strip). This wine matched very well the the strips. Big and beefy with very little alcohol detected. There is only two slight negatives with this bottle. On the first glass, the nose was off. I smell sweet almost prefume fragrance. Very offputting. It did blow off however. Second, I think that this has not come together yet. While it was good now, I can't wait for what it will be in several years. Glad I have several more.
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1996 Dominus Estate Napanook Vineyard
6/6/2020 - tconcilio Likes this wine: 95 Points
PnP. Upon opening, this bottle had a wiff of VA. This blew off very quickly and revealed a beautiful wine. The color was dark red with ruby red bricking. Tannins are firm, but fully resolved. No sign of being over the hill. A pleasure to drink. Definitely reminds me more old world Bordeaux than NAPA. This vintage has many more years left, before it starts to drop off. Glad I have two more. Will revist in 3-4 years.
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2006 Saxum Broken Stones
6/9/2010 - tconcilio wrote: 93 Points
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2006 Saxum Broken Stones
2/15/2010 - tconcilio wrote: 92 Points
I did a two hour decant while I cooked dinner (NY Strip). This wine matched very well the the strips. Big and beefy with very little alcohol detected. There is only two slight negatives with this bottle. On the first glass, the nose was off. I smell sweet almost prefume fragrance. Very offputting. It did blow off however. Second, I think that this has not come together yet. While it was good now, I can't wait for what it will be in several years. Glad I have several more.
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