Weekly tasting group #199; New years tasting with some young and mature wines (@ My place): In the bouquet dark and red berries as well as herbs and spices. On the palate salty licorice, black fruits, a lot of herbs and spices, white pepper, ink, firm but good acidity and still firm tannin with still a lot of bite. Some vanilla from the oak as well. In fact an impressive and still very youthful wine. I expected it to be much more developed, but this can easily last until 2020. Unfortunately this was my only bottle. 87 – 88+ for this evening.
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Retailer tasting (@ LB Italy): Good concentration. Pleasant sweetness, acidity, tannin and oak. Everything in the right place. And for around $ 13 a very good qpr.
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1/4/2016 - Zweder wrote: 88 Points
Weekly tasting group #199; New years tasting with some young and mature wines (@ My place): In the bouquet dark and red berries as well as herbs and spices. On the palate salty licorice, black fruits, a lot of herbs and spices, white pepper, ink, firm but good acidity and still firm tannin with still a lot of bite. Some vanilla from the oak as well. In fact an impressive and still very youthful wine. I expected it to be much more developed, but this can easily last until 2020. Unfortunately this was my only bottle. 87 – 88+ for this evening.
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2/19/2011 - VinoVada wrote: 85 Points
High alcohol but nicely balanced with acidity, tannin and fruit.
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10/10/2010 - Zweder wrote: 87 Points
Retailer tasting (@ LB Italy): Good concentration. Pleasant sweetness, acidity, tannin and oak. Everything in the right place. And for around $ 13 a very good qpr.
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