This will certainly gain more depth and complexity over time, at present 93/95 ish
The nose is filled with pepper, in need of aire, lactic, lots of peppercorn... violets, granite, slate ... although it is on pure clay and gravels !
Palate is soft and balanced extremely velvety, elegant with ripe maturity of fruits, rounded, long and with lingering saline finish. Not bad for Merlot dominated wine :)
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A few days in Napa with fellow CT'r Cristal2000: This was a powerhouse, so much so that its brute and brawn overpowered its ability to capture finesse and nuance throughout consumption. This thing needs some serious sleepy time. Even then, it may always be a massively modern rendition of…Bordeaux? Napa? Australia? I’ll withhold scoring here. Suffice it to say that this is more Napa than Napa is at the moment. I would’ve never guessed this was from the other side of the Atlantic in my life. It wasn’t bad necessarily, with big and bold blackberry fruit chomping at the bit to explode in the mouth. Really, it is just massive and blocky right now…and stacked with power and heat. Lay off the horse juice already. This one will be an exercise in patience. Hold bottles until we colonize Jupiter.
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3/28/2024 - Stanrocks Likes this wine: 93 Points
This will certainly gain more depth and complexity over time, at present 93/95 ish
The nose is filled with pepper, in need of aire, lactic, lots of peppercorn... violets, granite, slate ... although it is on pure clay and gravels !
Palate is soft and balanced extremely velvety, elegant with ripe maturity of fruits, rounded, long and with lingering saline finish. Not bad for Merlot dominated wine :)
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4/27/2023 - Philippe_C wrote: 89 Points
Nose of prunes... Port like, surmaturé style, prunes, alcohol present.
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4/22/2023 - super007 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Didn’t see the value like the 2008. May have needed more decanting to really shine. Hard to compare to the age on the 2008.
But no question there is quality in this.
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4/7/2023 - csimm wrote:
A few days in Napa with fellow CT'r Cristal2000: This was a powerhouse, so much so that its brute and brawn overpowered its ability to capture finesse and nuance throughout consumption. This thing needs some serious sleepy time. Even then, it may always be a massively modern rendition of…Bordeaux? Napa? Australia? I’ll withhold scoring here. Suffice it to say that this is more Napa than Napa is at the moment. I would’ve never guessed this was from the other side of the Atlantic in my life. It wasn’t bad necessarily, with big and bold blackberry fruit chomping at the bit to explode in the mouth. Really, it is just massive and blocky right now…and stacked with power and heat. Lay off the horse juice already. This one will be an exercise in patience. Hold bottles until we colonize Jupiter.
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3/19/2023 - ubercuvee wrote:
Ripe, graphite notes on the palate. Dense. Bit unsubtle
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