After initially decanting this wine, I was concerned that it was past its prime. My guests all liked it, especially when paired with the pheasant, however I still think it was too old. Nonetheless, an enjoyable wine for the evening.
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If you are holding any of these still I would definitely drink them up. This was much better 2 years ago. Slipping away now. Rating it on this tasting wouldn't be fair. Saddened because recent vintages of the same wine are not nearly as nice as this was.
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Starting to fade, this wine is more secondary than primary fruit at this time. A nose of plummy jam, blackberry, and currants, the mouth-feel is somewhat tart, with the fruit holding on. A nice gulp of wine, in an uncomplicated and tiring sort of way.
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Nice, not as good as the WS rating, but perhaps it's getting a bit long in the tooth - Dark red/purple, light bodied when all is said and done, notes of plum, black fruit, light pepper and a touch of vanilla on the nose, decent structure, quite elegant/feminine by today's standards, smooth with medium length (88 Points).
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10/28/2012 - curtisv wrote: 89 Points
Still pretty good in 2012 (forgot to drink in optimum window)!
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12/30/2011 - Breukelman wrote: 80 Points
After initially decanting this wine, I was concerned that it was past its prime. My guests all liked it, especially when paired with the pheasant, however I still think it was too old. Nonetheless, an enjoyable wine for the evening.
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1/18/2011 - xtype wrote:
If you are holding any of these still I would definitely drink them up. This was much better 2 years ago. Slipping away now. Rating it on this tasting wouldn't be fair. Saddened because recent vintages of the same wine are not nearly as nice as this was.
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9/14/2009 - mdstenner wrote: 86 Points
Starting to fade, this wine is more secondary than primary fruit at this time. A nose of plummy jam, blackberry, and currants, the mouth-feel is somewhat tart, with the fruit holding on. A nice gulp of wine, in an uncomplicated and tiring sort of way.
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6/2/2008 - Tarrant wrote: 88 Points
Nice, not as good as the WS rating, but perhaps it's getting a bit long in the tooth - Dark red/purple, light bodied when all is said and done, notes of plum, black fruit, light pepper and a touch of vanilla on the nose, decent structure, quite elegant/feminine by today's standards, smooth with medium length (88 Points).
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