Used 2 blade remover to avoid trouble with the cork. Dark Ruby with brown showing at the rim. Some sediment. Bouquet was beautiful and strong. Raisens, gravel, leather, plums, violets. It was full on the mouth with all the beautiful complexity of the bouquet. Tannin had softened and the luscious finish was pleasingly long. What a perfect wine to accompany New Year's Eve's reflections!
Medium garnet red. Nose of eucalyptus, mint, rusty nails and red berries. Firm on the palate, earthy and still some tannin which seems to have outlived the fruit. Needs protein and becomes drier with air so do not decant.
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w/ Paul and Christie in S Bend. Popped, decanted and poured. Drank like a beautiful old wine. Pretty much killed the bottle way before a couple of nice, younger alternatives (Shafer merlot and a 2012 CdP).
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3/6/2024 - Silkeyj wrote: flawed
Amazingly - still had some notes in the nose. But nothing worth tasting anymore.
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10/2/2020 - DaleW wrote:
Modest fruit, some barnyard, decent wine that's holding on but blown away by other reds. B-
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12/31/2019 - samoss Likes this wine: 90 Points
Used 2 blade remover to avoid trouble with the cork.
Dark Ruby with brown showing at the rim.
Some sediment.
Bouquet was beautiful and strong. Raisens, gravel, leather, plums, violets.
It was full on the mouth with all the beautiful complexity of the bouquet. Tannin had softened and the luscious finish was pleasingly long.
What a perfect wine to accompany New Year's Eve's reflections!
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9/26/2018 - Geoff7777 wrote:
Medium garnet red. Nose of eucalyptus, mint, rusty nails and red berries. Firm on the palate, earthy and still some tannin which seems to have outlived the fruit. Needs protein and becomes drier with air so do not decant.
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11/6/2017 - mplsbruin wrote: 92 Points
w/ Paul and Christie in S Bend. Popped, decanted and poured. Drank like a beautiful old wine. Pretty much killed the bottle way before a couple of nice, younger alternatives (Shafer merlot and a 2012 CdP).
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