Pretty amazing wine even straight out of the bottle. I popped, poured a glass, and decanted the rest and drank 3 hours later. Right out of the glass, it was a bit tight, but still with heavy stone fruit, tobacco and tight tannins on the end. With a bit of decanting, it opened up even more. Layers of smoke, plum, cherry and pepper, and lighter tannins. Still with a bit of spice. Amazing how well this has held up, and even matured, from it's release. I think it could still go another 2-3 years easily in a good cellar.
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A deep garnet wine with a medium body. Nose has a enthralling mix of blueberry, licorice and leather. Tastes of rich red raspberry and blueberry. There's still plenty of mouth-coating tannins to carry this wine through for another 5 years. The finish has red raspberry, good acidity and some oak on a medium length finish.
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Decanted for about 30 minutes, some sediment. Plum, cassis and clove on the nose. Well integrated tannins resulted in a good mouthfeel and solid balance. Still drinking well. Was a little worried given the vintage, but unfounded.
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This is was a great wine from a poor vintage. Chocolate, berries, strocg introduction through he nose and long finish. Well balanced and good structure. In a wine tasting it folowed its 1997 brother, and while it wasn't as good, it did well in the comparison. i don't have any more, but I wish I did.
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5/20/2011 - Dhotchki Likes this wine: 94 Points
Pretty amazing wine even straight out of the bottle. I popped, poured a glass, and decanted the rest and drank 3 hours later. Right out of the glass, it was a bit tight, but still with heavy stone fruit, tobacco and tight tannins on the end. With a bit of decanting, it opened up even more. Layers of smoke, plum, cherry and pepper, and lighter tannins. Still with a bit of spice. Amazing how well this has held up, and even matured, from it's release. I think it could still go another 2-3 years easily in a good cellar.
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11/27/2010 - The Kokopelli wrote: 90 Points
A deep garnet wine with a medium body. Nose has a enthralling mix of blueberry, licorice and leather. Tastes of rich red raspberry and blueberry. There's still plenty of mouth-coating tannins to carry this wine through for another 5 years. The finish has red raspberry, good acidity and some oak on a medium length finish.
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10/4/2009 - gautamv wrote: 92 Points
medium nose
slightly sweet, anise? slightly acidic medium-light body.
very slight currant flavor.
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3/21/2009 - The Drunken Cyclist wrote: 89 Points
Decanted for about 30 minutes, some sediment. Plum, cassis and clove on the nose. Well integrated tannins resulted in a good mouthfeel and solid balance. Still drinking well. Was a little worried given the vintage, but unfounded.
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11/2/2008 - massimo wrote:
This is was a great wine from a poor vintage. Chocolate, berries, strocg introduction through he nose and long finish. Well balanced and good structure. In a wine tasting it folowed its 1997 brother, and while it wasn't as good, it did well in the comparison. i don't have any more, but I wish I did.
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