Top neck fill level. Cork in good condition. Not decanted. Very youthful hue; more like a 10-15 year old Cab blend. Classic Medoc nose tobacco and earthy notes as well as faint plum notes. Slight herbal notes in the best sense possible; adding complexity without falling into bellpepper category. bright acidity, almost fully resolved tannins, surprisingly nice texture. Spicy finish with cigar box aromas. This makes for a great food pairing wine, which - after all- what it is all about. Quite long finish riding the acidity, spices and cedary notes. Not going to improve...
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Surprising! At first very hard and thin, quite unyielding I chose not to decant but to let it evolve in the glass. This wine has quite a bit of volatile acidity; most likely from brettanomyces. However, as the wine evolved, some of the off-aromas dissipated and more traditional tertiary aromas developed: earthy, tobacco; could use more complexity
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Similar to the last bottle in that it had a great mix of classic secondary elements and a modicum of fruit that is still hanging on. Definitely drink up, but I was slightly more happy with this bottle than the last,
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11/30/2020 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 91 Points
Top neck fill level. Cork in good condition.
Not decanted.
Very youthful hue; more like a 10-15 year old Cab blend.
Classic Medoc nose tobacco and earthy notes as well as faint plum notes. Slight herbal notes in the best sense possible; adding complexity without falling into bellpepper category.
bright acidity, almost fully resolved tannins, surprisingly nice texture. Spicy finish with cigar box aromas. This makes for a great food pairing wine, which - after all- what it is all about.
Quite long finish riding the acidity, spices and cedary notes.
Not going to improve...
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12/28/2018 - JackCMac Likes this wine: 91 Points
beautiful color. ripe old cab nose. nice finish with medium weight & length.
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9/16/2016 - vagrantone Likes this wine: 88 Points
Surprising! At first very hard and thin, quite unyielding
I chose not to decant but to let it evolve in the glass. This wine has quite a bit of volatile acidity; most likely from brettanomyces. However, as the wine evolved, some of the off-aromas dissipated and more traditional tertiary aromas developed: earthy, tobacco; could use more complexity
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11/29/2015 - Bill Bucklew wrote: 90 Points
Similar to the last bottle in that it had a great mix of classic secondary elements and a modicum of fruit that is still hanging on. Definitely drink up, but I was slightly more happy with this bottle than the last,
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10/30/2014 - Bill_wine wrote: flawed
Bottle left too long - gone off
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