Drank with HA yesterday during playoffs. This wine has held up exceedingly well. Dark garnet in color, some bricking with ripe plums and dark currant. Also, lots of earth, tobacco, some prune or raisin, and still remnants of oak. A bit on the sweet fruity side, but enjoyable on this occasion.
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Still a tasty wine. Fruit is still there, tannins mellow. Not at its peak, but at the top of the curve of the decline. Not as good as some 1999's I have been drinking recently, but still a very well made wine. Still nice berry character. Oak pronounced but not overbearing. I'd drink these sooner rather than later, but think you will still enjoy.
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bright raspberry and currant and some mineral; good fruit density and balance; some tobacco on day 2, but less earthy than the other 99 vintage wines that i have tasted; exceeded expectations
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11/21/2016 - Gros Pere Likes this wine:
Graphite, earth, tobacco, plum, cherry, cassis. Smooth tannins. Surprisingly sweet for a Raymond cab. Nothing exciting.
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1/17/2016 - cephomer wrote: 90 Points
Drank with HA yesterday during playoffs. This wine has held up exceedingly well. Dark garnet in color, some bricking with ripe plums and dark currant. Also, lots of earth, tobacco, some prune or raisin, and still remnants of oak. A bit on the sweet fruity side, but enjoyable on this occasion.
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5/21/2013 - psusfca Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still a tasty wine. Fruit is still there, tannins mellow. Not at its peak, but at the top of the curve of the decline. Not as good as some 1999's I have been drinking recently, but still a very well made wine. Still nice berry character. Oak pronounced but not overbearing. I'd drink these sooner rather than later, but think you will still enjoy.
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12/25/2012 - beatlife wrote: 90 Points
Nice nose, medium body, definitely better after several hours from opening
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3/5/2012 - wabi47 wrote: 89 Points
bright raspberry and currant and some mineral; good fruit density and balance; some tobacco on day 2, but less earthy than the other 99 vintage wines that i have tasted; exceeded expectations
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