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Community Tasting Notes (10) Avg Score: 91.7 points

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  10/14/2019 - rexmerlot wrote: 92 Points

  Dark ruby in color, with slight sign of garnet on edges. Notes of Black Cherry, Cassis, leather and dark chocolate on nose and palate. Dry, med body, med acidity, and nice tannins. This wine is drinking at its peak IMO. Very complex, the fruit is still solid, but the acidity is still strong and making it great with food. A great wine.

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  4/6/2019 - roybivens Likes this wine: 93 Points

  What a great bottle of wine. Definitely drinking nicely. Definite notes of cassis; jammy and bold. I think Spectator blew the score. This is an easy 93 pointer. Score [ 50 + 5 + 12 + 18 + 8] = 93.

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  11/18/2017 - Robij Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Very well integrated with age. Blackberries and cassis are the predominant fruit. Secondary flavors and aromas include brown sugar, apple pie and cinnamon. Developed a nice smoothness with tertiary flavors of earth and mushroom. May have a few more years but good now.

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  2/25/2017 - Corrie Likes this wine: 93 Points

  Drinking really well right now!

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  12/31/2013 - Decanting fool wrote: 92 Points

  Coming into its own early, lacking the punch of most top tier Napa cab/ cab blends, there's a very left bank evocation here that's delicious and easy to admire. The nose has a tarry terrestrial density with dark berries and Arabian mocha and Peruvian toffee. In the mouth it's soft and round from a judicious dose of merlot. In the absence of big fruit, there's a beautiful underlying gravelly element that may be the most compelling aspect of the wine.

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