This has quite deep, concentrated fruit, mature flavours and a rather dry finish. There are flavours of strawberry and redcurrant and there is still some tannin, but it is intense and quite long on the finish. The product of an austere vintage and now probably as good as it will ever be.
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Quite a deep colour, mid-red/brown; full and dry on the palate; quite burly, with slightly cooked fruit and good length. This is a wine of substance, which has taken a long time to soften but which is now a good example of mature NSG.
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Quite a deep colour, with some brown; full, meaty and somewhat burly on the palate, with mature fruit, depth and roundness. This is at last shedding the austere tannins it showed earlier and is now drinking well.
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Quite a deep colour, with some brown; full and meaty on the palate, slightly austere with some tannin, and good length. A very good wine which will keep for some time yet.
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8/13/2021 - La Grappe wrote: 91 Points
This has quite deep, concentrated fruit, mature flavours and a rather dry finish. There are flavours of strawberry and redcurrant and there is still some tannin, but it is intense and quite long on the finish. The product of an austere vintage and now probably as good as it will ever be.
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8/20/2020 - La Grappe wrote: 91 Points
Quite a deep colour, mid-red/brown; full and dry on the palate; quite burly, with slightly cooked fruit and good length. This is a wine of substance, which has taken a long time to soften but which is now a good example of mature NSG.
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7/25/2019 - La Grappe wrote: 90 Points
Quite a deep colour, with some brown; full, meaty and somewhat burly on the palate, with mature fruit, depth and roundness. This is at last shedding the austere tannins it showed earlier and is now drinking well.
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6/28/2018 - La Grappe wrote: 88 Points
This has a full, meaty, earthy texture; slightly bitter, with some dry tannin and overall rather heavy going. Will it ever soften? Probably not.
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4/11/2018 - La Grappe wrote: 89 Points
Quite a deep colour, with some brown; full and meaty on the palate, slightly austere with some tannin, and good length. A very good wine which will keep for some time yet.
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