Opened up over a few hours and eventually brought an amazing bouquet of blackberry and boysenberry cobbler - all of the cooked dark fruit and vanilla. No tertiary characteristics yet... I wish I had another bottle to explore in a few years.
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drank right from a very cool cellar, the wine imporved as it warmed. The tannins have mellowed and the wine is drinking extremely well right night. Wish I had more.
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2/05 Austin tasting group - solid wine with a long finish, beautiful dark fruit and a complex nose with dark fruit and chocolate. A big wine not doubt from CA. Tannins still a little to prevalent. 2 hours after opening, however, this wine was almost undrinkable. After 6 hours of decanting, tje above notes were registered. A very nice wine. While I didn't formally score this one, I'm guessing it would come out a 90 plus. A real education for me of how a wine can develop with air time.
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8/11/2019 - ChateauLaFeet Likes this wine: 92 Points
Opened up over a few hours and eventually brought an amazing bouquet of blackberry and boysenberry cobbler - all of the cooked dark fruit and vanilla. No tertiary characteristics yet... I wish I had another bottle to explore in a few years.
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7/30/2017 - winepaw Likes this wine: 91 Points
Last bottle. Mature now, with more Bordeaux like character, flavors running toward plum and cedar. Quite different from its dark fruit driven youth.
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4/5/2014 - winepaw Likes this wine: 92 Points
Rich, ripe, full bodied Merlot, with black fruit, licorice, tar. Still youthful, with considerable depth. Try again in 2015
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3/18/2009 - ejca wrote:
drank right from a very cool cellar, the wine imporved as it warmed. The tannins have mellowed and the wine is drinking extremely well right night. Wish I had more.
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2/26/2005 - RJD wrote:
2/05 Austin tasting group - solid wine with a long finish, beautiful dark fruit and a complex nose with dark fruit and chocolate. A big wine not doubt from CA. Tannins still a little to prevalent. 2 hours after opening, however, this wine was almost undrinkable. After 6 hours of decanting, tje above notes were registered. A very nice wine. While I didn't formally score this one, I'm guessing it would come out a 90 plus. A real education for me of how a wine can develop with air time.
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