On the downward slope. Was undoubtedly a good purchase at some point in it's history. Has a nice backbone of acid, a good toasty nose, but the oxidation is getting prominent. Not overwhelming, but definitely in your face. Drink up.
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A small pour at a wine lunch. This was curious and surprisingly oxidized. I actually like oxidation, and liked this wine a lot more than everyone else a the table. A few people dumped it. Still, I wouldn't buy it, regardless of the price.
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Medium dark gold color, almost no bead, very flat right out of the bottle. Tasting pour, dumped eventually. This was strange, from the lack of fizz to the sharp and oxidative character. Never had it before, and if this is a sound bottle and what they were going for, yikes. The nose showed some apple and peach notes, but the palate was oxidative, apple cider, flat and sharp. If this was sound, and I don't think so, no better than 84pts.
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Very similar notes to Malbec of the same cellar and vintage. Very clean but rather simple and slightly watery. Again, just a but more structure and density would make this an 86-88 point wine.
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5/10/2018 - tastark Likes this wine:
On the downward slope. Was undoubtedly a good purchase at some point in it's history. Has a nice backbone of acid, a good toasty nose, but the oxidation is getting prominent. Not overwhelming, but definitely in your face. Drink up.
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3/7/2015 - galewskj wrote: 86 Points
A small pour at a wine lunch. This was curious and surprisingly oxidized. I actually like oxidation, and liked this wine a lot more than everyone else a the table. A few people dumped it. Still, I wouldn't buy it, regardless of the price.
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3/6/2015 - rocknroller wrote: flawed
Medium dark gold color, almost no bead, very flat right out of the bottle. Tasting pour, dumped eventually. This was strange, from the lack of fizz to the sharp and oxidative character. Never had it before, and if this is a sound bottle and what they were going for, yikes. The nose showed some apple and peach notes, but the palate was oxidative, apple cider, flat and sharp. If this was sound, and I don't think so, no better than 84pts.
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3/11/2013 - fhayek wrote: 80 Points
Very similar notes to Malbec of the same cellar and vintage. Very clean but rather simple and slightly watery. Again, just a but more structure and density would make this an 86-88 point wine.
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