This wine has aged quite well. I last tasted this vintage six years ago. The fruit has faded a bit but the flavor and finish are still there. Only a very well made we one can age so gracefully for 11 years and counting.
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Dark cherry and blackberry taste that lingers for a long finish. Nice and fruity but not overpowering bomb. Has aged very well and will last a few more years but quite enjoyable now
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2 hour decant to start, nose is of old tobacco and dusty gravel. Dark tart cherry with a quick finish. Not great, but very drinkable, at least for another 6 months.
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Let this breathe for an hour, and the tannins on the nose were still tight. Black fruit, leather, a little sage fragrance. On the palate, the mouthfeel is very balanced and not as chewy as I was expecting. The acids carry the fruit flavors over the front palate but don't linger, instead making way for tannins carrying more of the aged blackberry-leather-tobacco. It's an elegant wine, and drinking beautifully. Glad we pulled it out now.
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1/21/2019 - Bottledrainer Likes this wine: 89 Points
This wine has aged quite well. I last tasted this vintage six years ago. The fruit has faded a bit but the flavor and finish are still there. Only a very well made we one can age so gracefully for 11 years and counting.
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5/21/2016 - dmaharaj Likes this wine: 89 Points
Dark cherry and blackberry taste that lingers for a long finish. Nice and fruity but not overpowering bomb. Has aged very well and will last a few more years but quite enjoyable now
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11/19/2015 - rama wrote:
Browning on the fringe. Some secondary notes now with leather, cedar. Medium/high brightness, still fairly tannic despite the age.
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9/27/2015 - g money Likes this wine: 90 Points
2 hour decant to start, nose is of old tobacco and dusty gravel. Dark tart cherry with a quick finish. Not great, but very drinkable, at least for another 6 months.
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1/27/2015 - BestFamilyCellar Likes this wine: 91 Points
Let this breathe for an hour, and the tannins on the nose were still tight. Black fruit, leather, a little sage fragrance. On the palate, the mouthfeel is very balanced and not as chewy as I was expecting. The acids carry the fruit flavors over the front palate but don't linger, instead making way for tannins carrying more of the aged blackberry-leather-tobacco. It's an elegant wine, and drinking beautifully. Glad we pulled it out now.
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