Decanted for 2 but really opened up 2 hours more. Delightful. There's probably several years more of resting this vintage can enjoy before exhausting the collection. Oak, smoke, tar; depth of berries with an interesting sweetness at the end that kept getting stronger as the wine opened.
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Pretty good wine, really dark cork, very fragrant upon opening, felt a little sweetness at first, but this requires decant or time in the glass. It changed and became more layered and I liked it. Agree with professional rating as initially closed and think this could be a ager. Give it 5 more years. Initially 89 but a solid 90+
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Great structure and a super long finish. Well concentrated dark berry fruit with some smokiness and tar. Already drinks really well, but if you only have one bottle you should let it sit for a bit more. Best if decanted to release some of the intense tannin and oak.
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12/10/2011 - philipmac wrote: 93 Points
Decanted for 2 but really opened up 2 hours more. Delightful. There's probably several years more of resting this vintage can enjoy before exhausting the collection. Oak, smoke, tar; depth of berries with an interesting sweetness at the end that kept getting stronger as the wine opened.
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5/1/2011 - Pyoung wrote: 90 Points
Drank at Watercolor
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5/9/2010 - pmarlo wrote: 90 Points
Pretty good wine, really dark cork, very fragrant upon opening, felt a little sweetness at first, but this requires decant or time in the glass. It changed and became more layered and I liked it. Agree with professional rating as initially closed and think this could be a ager. Give it 5 more years. Initially 89 but a solid 90+
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2/4/2007 - burkekr wrote: 91 Points
Great structure and a super long finish. Well concentrated dark berry fruit with some smokiness and tar. Already drinks really well, but if you only have one bottle you should let it sit for a bit more. Best if decanted to release some of the intense tannin and oak.
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3/16/2006 - redsauced wrote: 92 Points
From 3 ft across the room I smelled the vanilla as the bottle was decanted. Better after an hour out.
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