Dear Eric Dunham, why did you not want to live to see how beautiful this wine is at age 14? It showed complex, spicy red fruit with olives, and mature notes of leather and burning incense. Good acidity and tannins still hold it all together. Should hold here for a few years. You'd have been so proud!
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Still very dark. Slight cough drop on the nose and beef. Lots of savory notes; olive and tar, some iron. A nicely integrated wine. Good acid, oak is not so noticeable but a nice touch. Some orange. Nice long finish. Lasts for days. Tannins are there but supporting.
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Decanted for one hour. Unbalanced, initial strawberry notes ... after decanting longer, finally the blackberry and tar began to emerge. Not worth the $55 paid.
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7/6/2016 - Neecies Likes this wine: 93 Points
Dear Eric Dunham, why did you not want to live to see how beautiful this wine is at age 14? It showed complex, spicy red fruit with olives, and mature notes of leather and burning incense. Good acidity and tannins still hold it all together. Should hold here for a few years. You'd have been so proud!
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8/11/2012 - atrox wrote: 90 Points
Still very dark. Slight cough drop on the nose and beef. Lots of savory notes; olive and tar, some iron. A nicely integrated wine. Good acid, oak is not so noticeable but a nice touch. Some orange. Nice long finish. Lasts for days. Tannins are there but supporting.
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3/1/2010 - Margoday wrote: 86 Points
Lots of oakey wood on the palate - not worth the price
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1/3/2010 - Margoday wrote: 83 Points
Decanted for one hour. Unbalanced, initial strawberry notes ... after decanting longer, finally the blackberry and tar began to emerge. Not worth the $55 paid.
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