Dark and rich red berries, cassis, dark black fruit and cocoa. Penetrating and intense nose with bulky but enjoyable body, and long finish. In a nice drinking window; stylistically much bigger and primary than I like my wines but very good for the style
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From a 375ml. PnP and sublime from the start. Rutherford dust and cherries for days! White pepper and a medicinal/Luden’s note on the nose along with more earthy components. Such a lovely flow across the palate, no hard edges.
This is a wine I hate to love and love to hate, it’s so damned good but the pricing has gone haywire. I pick up some older vintages here and there and yearn for the days before napaflation!
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3/24/2024 - Jschn711 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pop, short decant and pour at a steakhouse. Paired wonderfully with ribeye. Really started to shine after it sat in the glass for an hour or so.
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8/21/2022 - mdvillaverde Likes this wine: 95 Points
Consistent with past note
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4/21/2022 - mchern02 wrote: 93 Points
PNP from decanter at a steakhouse.
Dark and rich red berries, cassis, dark black fruit and cocoa. Penetrating and intense nose with bulky but enjoyable body, and long finish. In a nice drinking window; stylistically much bigger and primary than I like my wines but very good for the style
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4/17/2022 - mdvillaverde Likes this wine: 95 Points
14.9% abv. 100% Rutherford cab (Bench estate)
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3/30/2022 - Geaux Tigers wrote:
From a 375ml. PnP and sublime from the start. Rutherford dust and cherries for days! White pepper and a medicinal/Luden’s note on the nose along with more earthy components. Such a lovely flow across the palate, no hard edges.
This is a wine I hate to love and love to hate, it’s so damned good but the pricing has gone haywire. I pick up some older vintages here and there and yearn for the days before napaflation!
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