Loads of black fruit, very high acidity. Too high actually. This would have been really nice if the acidity were lower. It was off balance all together. It was good with a lot of fruit still present and had earthy aromas too. It still has live ahead.
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Open for two hours. Quite dark, creamy color... luscious creamy looking wine. Aromas are spicy, with some pepper notes, charcoal, and darker complected fruits: blackberry and nearly plums. Smells very very ripe. Luscious palate entry. Moderate acidity, nice plump black raspberries and puckering notes. Strong and frothy. Creamy with a hint of artificial feeling acidity on the finish with more darkly complected fruit notes. Wow, with those flavors I decided to check and see ABV, and this wine dials in at an amazing 14%! One of the highest 2008's I've ever seen.
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7/19/2019 - shurpa14 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Loads of black fruit, very high acidity. Too high actually. This would have been really nice if the acidity were lower. It was off balance all together. It was good with a lot of fruit still present and had earthy aromas too. It still has live ahead.
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12/7/2015 - David Paris (dbp) wrote: 88 Points
Open for two hours. Quite dark, creamy color... luscious creamy looking wine. Aromas are spicy, with some pepper notes, charcoal, and darker complected fruits: blackberry and nearly plums. Smells very very ripe. Luscious palate entry. Moderate acidity, nice plump black raspberries and puckering notes. Strong and frothy. Creamy with a hint of artificial feeling acidity on the finish with more darkly complected fruit notes. Wow, with those flavors I decided to check and see ABV, and this wine dials in at an amazing 14%! One of the highest 2008's I've ever seen.
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6/14/2015 - cweiner Likes this wine: 92 Points
The last of what turned out to be a lovely case
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3/21/2015 - cweiner Likes this wine: 93 Points
Two years on from the last tasting, this wine continues to improve. Big, fruit forward, it was the crowd pleaser at a dinner with friends.
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8/31/2013 - cweiner Likes this wine: 93 Points
Gets better each time
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