Opened yesterday. Extremely full, saturated dark violet. Thick purple legs. Certainly looks the part. Not quite opaque. Nose is mostly closed, but still offers up enticing hints of what is to come. Lavender, anise, black pepper, earthy loam--it's all here. Big and full in the mouth, with rip-roaring tannins and new oak, this gives a tongue lashing. A bruiser that grabs you by the throat and puckers your mouth, this needs to lie down awhile--or have a real juicy piece of meat for a foil. Should evolve nicely, because the fruit is there, but it's gonna take time. 5-12-15-9: 91/100.
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3/15/2022 - dines Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted from 3 hours, the wine opened up nicely and was in a great spot, drink up though!
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10/16/2021 - UKFraser Likes this wine: 90 Points
Very nice wine and 2 years after target date
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6/29/2019 - aronaz Likes this wine: 93 Points
I loved this. Was complex, nicely different than your usual good cab but not as punchy.
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7/25/2015 - MicklethePickle wrote: 91 Points
Opened yesterday. Extremely full, saturated dark violet. Thick purple legs. Certainly looks the part. Not quite opaque. Nose is mostly closed, but still offers up enticing hints of what is to come. Lavender, anise, black pepper, earthy loam--it's all here. Big and full in the mouth, with rip-roaring tannins and new oak, this gives a tongue lashing. A bruiser that grabs you by the throat and puckers your mouth, this needs to lie down awhile--or have a real juicy piece of meat for a foil. Should evolve nicely, because the fruit is there, but it's gonna take time. 5-12-15-9: 91/100.
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