2009 Chester's Anvil Hattori Hanzo

Community Tasting Notes (28) Avg Score: 90.3 points

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  11/17/2017 - David_T wrote:

  Still dark fruit/herbs, this bottle adds some grilled meat/umami that have come with age. The structural notes are integrated. Fully mature now, drink through its 10th birthday.

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  7/25/2016 - Tubulus wrote: 89 Points

  Rather tasty on p'n'p, especially with food. Lots of acid and the finish is, as others have noted, a bit short, so definitely a food wine. Some current and graphite. Not your typical plush napa cab.

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  3/22/2016 - costacasa wrote: 88 Points

  This wine reminded me of a Tolstoy novel.....after opening, it took a long time to get interesting and then had a meh finish. It left me wondering---why do so many people like this?

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  1/5/2015 - ews3 wrote: 88 Points

  restrained nose shows mix of red and black fruit and minerality. Palate shows wet stone, raspberry, red cherry, tea, and other herbal notes. Medium acidity goes well with food. Astringency on otherwise short finish is disappointing. Reasonable value and like the structure here.

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  12/19/2014 - MindMuse wrote: 89 Points

  PnP was too tight and tannic, so first glasses got a Vinturi treatment, which aided the in glass expressiveness and development. Still, pretty tightly wound with modest development only over next 4 hours, with dark red and black fruits, powdered red rock, fabric softener, walnuts, some peppercorn. More minerally than fruity to me on the palate, medium body, medium+ tannins. 88-89+

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