Upon opening the floral and powerful bouquet I had come to expect from earlier vintages was not present. The cork showed signs of slight seepage, but I do not think that it was flawed. My initial sip after aerating into a decanter was tight, slightly bitter and tannic...biting to my mid-palate. After an hour in the decanter, it began to open up. After another hour or so, I could tell that the fruit was there, but it was underwhelming. This is a good wine, but not great. I think that it needs another few years to improve. I do not think that this vintage is on par with the '07 and '08 Vintages I had tried before. At the mid $50 price point, there are many other wines that I prefer.
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7/27/2020 - Jettoy1992 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very good. Suttle smoke. Breadth of raspberry and ready to drink
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5/10/2020 - Jettoy1992 wrote: 93 Points
Pop n pour drinking well
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3/29/2020 - Idis Likes this wine: 90 Points
Awesome
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4/6/2018 - Cabernetking Likes this wine: 93 Points
Fantastic wine. Depth and a enough finesse to satisfy. Don't know how you can score this under 92-93. Its 93 for me.
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5/2/2017 - MGoodwine Likes this wine: 91 Points
Upon opening the floral and powerful bouquet I had come to expect from earlier vintages was not present. The cork showed signs of slight seepage, but I do not think that it was flawed. My initial sip after aerating into a decanter was tight, slightly bitter and tannic...biting to my mid-palate. After an hour in the decanter, it began to open up. After another hour or so, I could tell that the fruit was there, but it was underwhelming. This is a good wine, but not great. I think that it needs another few years to improve. I do not think that this vintage is on par with the '07 and '08 Vintages I had tried before. At the mid $50 price point, there are many other wines that I prefer.
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