Surprisingly good at close to 100 years of age, the cedar wood, smoke, cigar box, tobacco, forest floor and cherries were the best part of the wine. Stern in character, medium bodied, there was some strawberries that carried through in the austere finish.
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I thought this one had the 1988 bell pepper quality. It was a little green and a little clipped. It was still drinkable, but I would only give it about a c+ grade.
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Pleasant, but not all that interesting. It's pretty quiet aromatically, and doesn't taste all that different from the Poyferre fruit-wise (with that similar old Rioja mulled apple profile), but it doesn't offer much more than that. It's suppler and smoother than the Poyferre, which contributes to its pleasantness, but in this company that wasn't quite enough to hold my interest.
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12/15/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 84 Points
Surprisingly good at close to 100 years of age, the cedar wood, smoke, cigar box, tobacco, forest floor and cherries were the best part of the wine. Stern in character, medium bodied, there was some strawberries that carried through in the austere finish.
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2/8/2014 - Charlie Carnes wrote: 84 Points
I thought this one had the 1988 bell pepper quality. It was a little green and a little clipped. It was still drinkable, but I would only give it about a c+ grade.
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2/8/2014 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 87 Points
Pleasant, but not all that interesting. It's pretty quiet aromatically, and doesn't taste all that different from the Poyferre fruit-wise (with that similar old Rioja mulled apple profile), but it doesn't offer much more than that. It's suppler and smoother than the Poyferre, which contributes to its pleasantness, but in this company that wasn't quite enough to hold my interest.
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