The wine maker clearly did a good job of creating an "old world" feel to the wine; however, it's either slightly past its prime, or the use of malbec was questionable. The palette was light, with blackberries at the front, and then more dense fruits through the mid-palette. After an hour decanting, developed very striking pepper in the late-palette. No notes on nose.
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A strong sense of beefsteak on the nose gives way to a palette of rich, dark fruits and perfectly balanced tannins that seems to go on forever, with a nice peppery finish. Awesome!
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2006 Orin Swift Papillon
8/22/2009 - philolegein wrote: 88 Points
The nose was tannic with huge blackberries. Very drinkable right now (8/2009), but probably won't age well.
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1995 Mount Veeder Winery Reserve
8/21/2009 - philolegein wrote: 90 Points
The wine maker clearly did a good job of creating an "old world" feel to the wine; however, it's either slightly past its prime, or the use of malbec was questionable. The palette was light, with blackberries at the front, and then more dense fruits through the mid-palette. After an hour decanting, developed very striking pepper in the late-palette. No notes on nose.
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1994 Tenuta dell'Ornellaia Masseto Toscana IGT
7/31/2009 - philolegein wrote: 94 Points
A strong sense of beefsteak on the nose gives way to a palette of rich, dark fruits and perfectly balanced tannins that seems to go on forever, with a nice peppery finish. Awesome!
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