Completely mature now. Fresh juicy blackberries, creme de cassis, ink, spicebox and cocoa, lovely refreshing acidity, medium bodied. Gorgeous savory and mineral notes give this wine some old-world soul, restraint and elegance.
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Yeah, this wine is still drinking well. I was skeptical with my first sips of the first bottle, but as I've been drinking through the six I bought, I have been enjoying them every time. I agree with other posters that this wine is youthful enough that it still improves with air and time.
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At first I was a bit disappointed and felt that the wine drank rather simply. I thought maybe I’d just missed its prime years. But this wine won me over. All the treasures are there. There’s some dark fruit, some zesty red fruit that’s almost Zinlike, a little fruit liqueur, and a touch of herbs and bramble, even.
We only drank half of the bottle the day we opened it. It is now two full days later and I think the wine is actually improved.
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8/22/2022 - jkoenen wrote: 94 Points
Completely mature now. Fresh juicy blackberries, creme de cassis, ink, spicebox and cocoa, lovely refreshing acidity, medium bodied.
Gorgeous savory and mineral notes give this wine some old-world soul, restraint and elegance.
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4/29/2020 - jkoenen wrote: 94 Points
Yessss…. \,,/,
Still young, fresh and full of dark fruit. Infusions of baconfat starting to emerge now. Double yummy.
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2/27/2020 - alpha_ori Likes this wine: 92 Points
Yeah, this wine is still drinking well. I was skeptical with my first sips of the first bottle, but as I've been drinking through the six I bought, I have been enjoying them every time. I agree with other posters that this wine is youthful enough that it still improves with air and time.
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12/12/2019 - alpha_ori Likes this wine: 92 Points
At first I was a bit disappointed and felt that the wine drank rather simply. I thought maybe I’d just missed its prime years. But this wine won me over. All the treasures are there. There’s some dark fruit, some zesty red fruit that’s almost Zinlike, a little fruit liqueur, and a touch of herbs and bramble, even.
We only drank half of the bottle the day we opened it. It is now two full days later and I think the wine is actually improved.
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11/3/2019 - dhammer53 wrote:
Can't find my notes, but this wasn't memorable for a 11 year old wine.
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