Popped and poured. Beautiful bouquet out of the bottle of black licorice black current, blackberry jam, vanilla, baking spice, with hints of menthol. Fruit forward, bigger bodied style with tannins nicely integrated. Evolved quickly in the glass, losing fruit over the first hour. Left half bottle in the bottle with cork in overnight, day 2 the nose was in tact but no fruit or balance left, just alcohol. Time to drink up.
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The wine must have been picked durning or after a heavy rainfall. The wine is watered down & disjointed. It may come around, only time will tell. I’ll cut my losses now but revisit my last 3 bottles in 5 years and see.
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Low tannins and acidity. Did not decant but drinks fairly well out of the bottle. Licorice and black currant notes are the strongest. Slight floral taste towards the end. Fairly light body.
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Dark purple color. Strong nose of black currant, earth, blackberry, blueberry, blood. Thyme and herbs. Some vanilla and baking spices. Licorice. On the palate, under-ripe black fruit, licorice, raspberry, vanilla, florals. Definitely needs a good amount of time to open up. Solid 2010.
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3/22/2024 - nedwards68 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Popped and poured. Beautiful bouquet out of the bottle of black licorice black current, blackberry jam, vanilla, baking spice, with hints of menthol. Fruit forward, bigger bodied style with tannins nicely integrated. Evolved quickly in the glass, losing fruit over the first hour. Left half bottle in the bottle with cork in overnight, day 2 the nose was in tact but no fruit or balance left, just alcohol. Time to drink up.
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7/28/2020 - Kucci Does not like this wine: 74 Points
The wine must have been picked durning or after a heavy rainfall. The wine is watered down & disjointed. It may come around, only time will tell. I’ll cut my losses now but revisit my last 3 bottles in 5 years and see.
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12/25/2019 - rbfoote Likes this wine: 90 Points
Low tannins and acidity. Did not decant but drinks fairly well out of the bottle. Licorice and black currant notes are the strongest. Slight floral taste towards the end. Fairly light body.
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3/1/2018 - jwilliams6 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Dark purple color. Strong nose of black currant, earth, blackberry, blueberry, blood. Thyme and herbs. Some vanilla and baking spices. Licorice. On the palate, under-ripe black fruit, licorice, raspberry, vanilla, florals. Definitely needs a good amount of time to open up. Solid 2010.
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12/5/2016 - Double-A Likes this wine: 90 Points
Aromatic, coconut, currant, chocolate and toast nose. Big, rich and firm palate; long, grippy, fruit/oak finish.
4/5
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