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2017 Domaine du Colombier Crozes-Hermitage Cuvée Gaby
3/17/2024 - Big Dog E Likes this wine: 90 Points
On opening, absolutely loved it - great dark fruit, not overripe, just a bit of that hermitage funkiness...
When I went back an hour later for a second glass, oddly, notes of asphalt had become much more pronounced -- like the funkiness taking over...I still liked it, just not as much.
Will check back in tomorrow to see how it develops overnight.
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2004 Scarecrow Cabernet Sauvignon
1/21/2024 - Big Dog E Likes this wine: 95 Points
Unbelievable purity of fruit -- deep concentration without the over-ripeness that afflicts much Napa wine at this point. A reason this has a singular status.
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2012 Horsepower Vineyards Syrah Sur Echalas Vineyard
1/17/2024 - Big Dog E Likes this wine: 94 Points
The bottle I drank went through a lot...ordered for a ski weekend 3 years ago, the shipment arrived late and so spent a night outside (presumably freezing) before being brought in and left in a basement for 3 years...so it's hard to judge.
All that said -- still a fascinating drink (perhaps more so because of the above)? The nose was certainly there -- all the earth, savory notes, and smokiness that the other notes capture. Palate was a bit flat and I felt lacking in structure...but really impossible to judge because of the above.
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