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7/13/2022 - evjoh Likes this wine:
It’s like drinking a supreme pizza. Aged tobacco, roasted green veggies, dried raspberries, supple tannins, lively acid. This is not a fruit forward wine but that’s consistent with the younger vintages I’ve had of this. Plenty of life left.
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1/3/2022 - Janstan Likes this wine: 90 Points
Well melded and balanced wine. went excellently with pork tenderloin with a fig, orange apricot glaze
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8/2/2021 - JFW Likes this wine: 92 Points
Been holding this for some time. Mold on the top of the cork. Quite fragile. The Durand was necessary. Very floral. Brick-like color. Some tea-like notes as well. Was expecting more of the classic green pepper, but didn't pick up on that. Maybe a little smoke and leather. We don't drink a ton of old(er) wines, so this definitely presented 'old' in a bit of an 'old soul' kind of way. Exciting to've held this so long and to open it to celebrate 13 years.
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5/18/2021 - dbg wrote:
Every bottle of this secondary market purchase in 2019 has been consistent. Black mold on top of cork but remainder of cork pristine, fill into neck like prior bottles suggesting excellent storage.
Medium ruby with some bricking at rim. Takes about an hour to open up after pop and pour, showing a complex nose of red fruits, leather, moist earth, tea. Medium body, palate follows the nose, nice sweet aged complexity, excellent balance. Still some tannins but no harshness on a medium-long finish combined with plenty of fruit suggest this has years of good drinking ahead of it. Excellent-Outstanding. Nearing the end of my stash on this with only one bottle left. Will be sad to see it go.
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2/6/2021 - BillBell73 Likes this wine:
This bottle was definitely on the quiet side but still in very good shape. The usual Raffault aromatics and graceful structure but you have to lean in more than usual with this bottle. Lovely.
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