Garnet to black. Tar and ripe black fruit nose, berries, cherries, plums. The palate is powerful and concentrated, best either as an aperitif or perhaps with heavily spiced food. The finish displays the expected drying tannins, as well as significant acridity. Slightly toned down on day two, this is an accomplished wine but too much for my personal taste.
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Dark red-purple color. Enormous nose of roasted fruits: plum, cherry, berries. On arrival, medium tannin and medium-high acidity; rather stiff. Gamy fruit and nothing else in the mouth, pegging the needle of my fruit-bomb tolerance scale too close to its maximum. It's not bad wine per se, but it's sure not a style I like. Perhaps if one likes hot climate wines (Minervois reds, Barossa valley shiraz, Amador county zinfandel, etc.), this may be one for you. Bottle #1 of one.
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Glass-clinging dark purple red in the glass. Purple black in a full drinking pour. Black fruit cobbler and a bit of tar on the nose and palate. Velvety tannins on the long finish. At a real sweet spot now.
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10/7/2020 - SteveG wrote: 88 Points
Certainly more friendly than 4+ years ago, nicely matched our lamb chops, probably even more time would have been welcomed.
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3/27/2016 - SteveG wrote: 87 Points
Garnet to black. Tar and ripe black fruit nose, berries, cherries, plums. The palate is powerful and concentrated, best either as an aperitif or perhaps with heavily spiced food. The finish displays the expected drying tannins, as well as significant acridity. Slightly toned down on day two, this is an accomplished wine but too much for my personal taste.
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11/2/2015 - Hodby wrote: 83 Points
Dark red-purple color. Enormous nose of roasted fruits: plum, cherry, berries. On arrival, medium tannin and medium-high acidity; rather stiff. Gamy fruit and nothing else in the mouth, pegging the needle of my fruit-bomb tolerance scale too close to its maximum. It's not bad wine per se, but it's sure not a style I like. Perhaps if one likes hot climate wines (Minervois reds, Barossa valley shiraz, Amador county zinfandel, etc.), this may be one for you. Bottle #1 of one.
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2/13/2014 - iByron Likes this wine: 90 Points
Glass-clinging dark purple red in the glass. Purple black in a full drinking pour. Black fruit cobbler and a bit of tar on the nose and palate. Velvety tannins on the long finish. At a real sweet spot now.
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4/26/2013 - tward wrote:
Grapey and kind of "burnt" tasting. This may have been due to less than ideal cellaring conditions for a couple of years.
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