This wine nails 2012 for me. Fruited acidity with layers of sweet and savory spices. Deep, rich fruit contrast with the sweet american oak cooperage of vanilla, mocha and chocolate. Floral and menthol freshness prevent the fruit concentration from being overwhelming. You rarely see such a big cabernet be this stress free to drink.
I felt that I caught this wine at the exact transition where the primary and secondary notes are both in balance, and the bright fruited acidity just brings it to the next level.
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Dark fruits with high acidity, fair finish and bold body. It showed some harsh tannins combined with a sweet notes on the mid palate, very surprised by this combination.
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Decanted for an hour and had the second night after being under cork. Deep thick purple color. Powerful fruit nose. Explosive fruit bomb with no hard edges and a long finish. Extremely good for such a powerful 3 year old wine. This is a crowd pleaser.
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5/11/2024 - SH Wu Likes this wine: 93 Points
This wine nails 2012 for me. Fruited acidity with layers of sweet and savory spices. Deep, rich fruit contrast with the sweet american oak cooperage of vanilla, mocha and chocolate. Floral and menthol freshness prevent the fruit concentration from being overwhelming. You rarely see such a big cabernet be this stress free to drink.
I felt that I caught this wine at the exact transition where the primary and secondary notes are both in balance, and the bright fruited acidity just brings it to the next level.
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1/19/2019 - gteran76 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark fruits with high acidity, fair finish and bold body. It showed some harsh tannins combined with a sweet notes on the mid palate, very surprised by this combination.
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9/1/2015 - shutto1992@gmail.com Likes this wine: 96 Points
Decanted for an hour and had the second night after being under cork. Deep thick purple color. Powerful fruit nose. Explosive fruit bomb with no hard edges and a long finish. Extremely good for such a powerful 3 year old wine. This is a crowd pleaser.
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