Huge surprise of the evening. Decanted and let rest for thirty minutes before pouring. Smooth raspberry and blackberry flavors with leather, earth and oak. Well integrated and balanced with medium long finish. A true delight ti share with the friends who gave it to me in 2004. We were all amazed that it had lasted as beautifully as it had.
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What a great surprise. Drank it with guests with manchego, prosciutto and taleggio, before a porcini risotto dinner - washed down with a '97 cab from the same house. I wish I had a whole case. I don't.
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This was a wonderful surprise. I was given this bottle after attending a public tasting a few years back (I did not try this wine at the tasting though), and I just had it tucked away with my odd-lots - I had no idea what to expect. The nose was treated to an enticing blend of leather and earth with strong vanilla and pencil shaving undertones. The palette was delighted with a nice complexity of flavors and a short but nice finnish. The tannins are soft and round. This wine is drinking rather nicely...I wish that I had been given more, but definitely appreciate that bottle that I was given.
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12/21/2018 - sma Likes this wine: 92 Points
Huge surprise of the evening. Decanted and let rest for thirty minutes before pouring. Smooth raspberry and blackberry flavors with leather, earth and oak. Well integrated and balanced with medium long finish. A true delight ti share with the friends who gave it to me in 2004. We were all amazed that it had lasted as beautifully as it had.
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8/30/2015 - fig4hawaii Likes this wine: 93 Points
Wow. Was amazing 10 years past Drink By date.
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7/27/2008 - mkparker wrote: 89 Points
Tobacco and leather on the nose. Plum, licorice and berries. Very big at first, but steady finish. I decanted this, and I think that help it open up.
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2/25/2007 - massimo wrote:
What a great surprise. Drank it with guests with manchego, prosciutto and taleggio, before a porcini risotto dinner - washed down with a '97 cab from the same house. I wish I had a whole case. I don't.
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2/2/2007 - Gringo wrote: 88 Points
This was a wonderful surprise. I was given this bottle after attending a public tasting a few years back (I did not try this wine at the tasting though), and I just had it tucked away with my odd-lots - I had no idea what to expect. The nose was treated to an enticing blend of leather and earth with strong vanilla and pencil shaving undertones. The palette was delighted with a nice complexity of flavors and a short but nice finnish. The tannins are soft and round. This wine is drinking rather nicely...I wish that I had been given more, but definitely appreciate that bottle that I was given.
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