Three years in my cellar since my last tasting and CT rating. The wine has held up very well. Still excellent with dark ruby color, full body, fruity flavor anchored by good tannins. 14% ABV helps make it quite enjoyable It does need an hour of breathing to open up.
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Extra years in the cellar have improved this wine. Decanting and allowing it to breathe for an hour produced additional improvement. Dark, opaque, rich fruit, soft tannins. Quite enjoyable.
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Simple and straightforward. Flat and a little bitter. Not a lot going on here. Made for an ok few sips, but nothing to write home about. Best left forgotten.
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Surprised with the color. Still purple with hints of blue. Lush, fat and I agree withe comment on leathery tannins. Decent fruit and the second glass was better as it opened up. This could wait a couple years in the cellar but it was pretty decent for the price.
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1/3/2022 - jeginmt Likes this wine: 93 Points
Three years in my cellar since my last tasting and CT rating. The wine has held up very well. Still excellent with dark ruby color, full body, fruity flavor anchored by good tannins. 14% ABV helps make it quite enjoyable It does need an hour of breathing to open up.
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3/31/2018 - jeginmt Likes this wine: 93 Points
Extra years in the cellar have improved this wine. Decanting and allowing it to breathe for an hour produced additional improvement. Dark, opaque, rich fruit, soft tannins. Quite enjoyable.
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6/19/2016 - csimm wrote: 86 Points
Simple and straightforward. Flat and a little bitter. Not a lot going on here. Made for an ok few sips, but nothing to write home about. Best left forgotten.
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9/6/2014 - Jayarr wrote: 88 Points
Surprised with the color. Still purple with hints of blue. Lush, fat and I agree withe comment on leathery tannins. Decent fruit and the second glass was better as it opened up. This could wait a couple years in the cellar but it was pretty decent for the price.
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6/23/2014 - StageOneRacing Likes this wine: 87 Points
Not quite as good as the 2009 as I detected a bitterness on the finish.
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