90: A complex bouquet with hints of berries and spice. Very smooth right out of the bottle. Unexpectedly detailed palate, mostly as expected but with a few added flavors, with mild tannins that build to a pleasant finish. Just a hint of smoky terroir sneaks through. This probably would have been at least as good a few years from now, but it made for a memorable evening anyway. Cork showed signs of deterioration and there was a lot of sediment, but neither detracted from the beauty of this wine.
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Still a baby. Showing floral notes at opening and a weighty palate continued to develop over three nights to a point of integration. Experience with this wine has shown me that 15 years rewards the patient.
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This had a tight and reserved bouquet of smoke, blackberry, tar, cocoa, pepper and spice aromas. The palate was dense, dry and a bit astringent with flavors of blackberry, cocoa, burnt toast, pepper and spice.
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9/19/2019 - ellars Likes this wine: 90 Points
90: A complex bouquet with hints of berries and spice. Very smooth right out of the bottle. Unexpectedly detailed palate, mostly as expected but with a few added flavors, with mild tannins that build to a pleasant finish. Just a hint of smoky terroir sneaks through. This probably would have been at least as good a few years from now, but it made for a memorable evening anyway. Cork showed signs of deterioration and there was a lot of sediment, but neither detracted from the beauty of this wine.
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4/5/2019 - JMFWC Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still a baby. Showing floral notes at opening and a weighty palate continued to develop over three nights to a point of integration. Experience with this wine has shown me that 15 years rewards the patient.
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3/29/2016 - JMFWC Likes this wine: 89 Points
Still very bark and brooding with punchy tannins and shy fruit. Aromatics are nice with floral notes. Still developing.
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5/10/2013 - garambler wrote: 88 Points
This had a tight and reserved bouquet of smoke, blackberry, tar, cocoa, pepper and spice aromas. The palate was dense, dry and a bit astringent with flavors of blackberry, cocoa, burnt toast, pepper and spice.
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1/13/2012 - landa73 wrote: 80 Points
Bottle was damaged but still ok.
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