Delicious, concentrated, balanced. Very open nose from the get-go, but smelled like a 5 year old wine...fruit and more fruit, blackberry, black currant. Palate closed at first, then after 10 minutes opened to blackberry, raspberry preserves, smokey dusty bramble just as a hint, brooding. But medium weight and fine finish. Slowly dried up over an hour and a half so drink!
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Simply nothing short of spectacular - even if enjoyed informally. Might even rate it higher in a more ‘serious’ setting. Holy smokes! At least 10 years left in this bottle - possibly more
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Rich sweet cherry on the nose. Ripe but powerful, dark, rich black fruit. Serious and complex on the palate, ripe juicy and well balanced. Great herbs and spices on the back. No sign of heat. Just plain sexy and delicious!
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Flat bottom decant for 90 minutes. Integrated dark plum fruit with very little tannin. As mentioned below, nothing like the youthful fruity Syrahs of Carlisle in the early release years. But showed well at a dinner wth 06 Lillian Blue Label
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7/22/2022 - ginfizz wrote: 92 Points
Delicious, concentrated, balanced. Very open nose from the get-go, but smelled like a 5 year old wine...fruit and more fruit, blackberry, black currant. Palate closed at first, then after 10 minutes opened to blackberry, raspberry preserves, smokey dusty bramble just as a hint, brooding. But medium weight and fine finish. Slowly dried up over an hour and a half so drink!
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1/9/2022 - dmitchell4 wrote:
Waited too long, tragic
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6/28/2020 - SineQuaNon wrote: 94 Points
Simply nothing short of spectacular - even if enjoyed informally. Might even rate it higher in a more ‘serious’ setting. Holy smokes! At least 10 years left in this bottle - possibly more
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1/18/2020 - Mlermontov Likes this wine: 93 Points
Rich sweet cherry on the nose. Ripe but powerful, dark, rich black fruit. Serious and complex on the palate, ripe juicy and well balanced. Great herbs and spices on the back. No sign of heat. Just plain sexy and delicious!
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9/20/2019 - jfkwines wrote: 90 Points
Flat bottom decant for 90 minutes. Integrated dark plum fruit with very little tannin. As mentioned below, nothing like the youthful fruity Syrahs of Carlisle in the early release years. But showed well at a dinner wth 06 Lillian Blue Label
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