Wow, this is very spicey, heavy pepper notes like bell peppers and jalapeños, also leather and cherry mushrooms and moss. Drinking really well, still has decent fruit, nice acidity and resolved tannins.
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highly structured. Nose had a distinctive jalopeno note which was surprising, but not unpleasant. Rich earth, lots of tannin (surprising for its age) and notes of mushroom and pencil lead.
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Not quite as smooth as I expected it to be. Dark old fruits, grass, dust, dirt and smokiness. Some barnyard funk on the nose. Medium body with a short finish. Tannic. To quote VIVT (below), "not dead yet but at its end."
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black fruit and earth in the nose dark color, big broad complex in the palate long finish. tannin. Had it with lamb chops went well with the food not dead yet but at its end.
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3/29/2024 - Joelene wrote: 92 Points
Wow, this is very spicey, heavy pepper notes like bell peppers and jalapeños, also leather and cherry mushrooms and moss. Drinking really well, still has decent fruit, nice acidity and resolved tannins.
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1/30/2023 - whudock Likes this wine: 90 Points
highly structured. Nose had a distinctive jalopeno note which was surprising, but not unpleasant. Rich earth, lots of tannin (surprising for its age) and notes of mushroom and pencil lead.
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4/7/2017 - ChopperWine Likes this wine: 88 Points
Not quite as smooth as I expected it to be. Dark old fruits, grass, dust, dirt and smokiness. Some barnyard funk on the nose. Medium body with a short finish. Tannic. To quote VIVT (below), "not dead yet but at its end."
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4/4/2017 - vivt Likes this wine: 89 Points
black fruit and earth in the nose dark color, big broad complex in the palate long finish. tannin. Had it with lamb chops went well with the food not dead yet but at its end.
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11/24/2016 - franm Likes this wine: 87 Points
cheers - nice wine; past its peak, so a bit flat
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