Still somewhat tight, it improved on day 2. Typical Syrah notes with plums and spice and oak. Medium+ acidity, minty notes that preceed the black fruits and coffee beans; layered, quite complex overall, with grippy tannins and a long, lingering finish that shows black pepper, spice, and oak. Very good QPR, eminently drinkable.
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I am disappointed - not at lot is happening to this wine - since I had my last bottle a year ago - the wine is well made clearly cherries and blackberries - also spices and liquorice - the softness I experienced in some of the earlier bottles is not there this time - medium tannins and acidity - I am going back to 90 I do not find the wine interesting.
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Not a lot is happening to this wine - had clearly expected some development - but more or less the same as my last rating - so still 91 but more looking down than up.
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The wine has clearly opend up especially the fruit - you do not sense the plum than we did in our last bottle - it is clearly cherries and also blackberries - also getting spices and liquorice - the wine is coming across as more soft - and clearly with a good balance - medium tannins and acidity - happy to increase my rating to big 91 - I think there is more to come.
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12/4/2023 - Condrieu82 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still somewhat tight, it improved on day 2. Typical Syrah notes with plums and spice and oak. Medium+ acidity, minty notes that preceed the black fruits and coffee beans; layered, quite complex overall, with grippy tannins and a long, lingering finish that shows black pepper, spice, and oak. Very good QPR, eminently drinkable.
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2/12/2022 - ILarsen wrote: 90 Points
I am disappointed - not at lot is happening to this wine - since I had my last bottle a year ago - the wine is well made clearly cherries and blackberries - also spices and liquorice - the softness I experienced in some of the earlier bottles is not there this time - medium tannins and acidity - I am going back to 90 I do not find the wine interesting.
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3/3/2021 - ILarsen wrote: 91 Points
Not a lot is happening to this wine - had clearly expected some development - but more or less the same as my last rating - so still 91 but more looking down than up.
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7/24/2020 - ILarsen wrote: 91 Points
Can only repeat my last rating - this is a great wine - and more to come.
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5/11/2020 - ILarsen wrote: 91 Points
The wine has clearly opend up especially the fruit - you do not sense the plum than we did in our last bottle - it is clearly cherries and also blackberries - also getting spices and liquorice - the wine is coming across as more soft - and clearly with a good balance - medium tannins and acidity - happy to increase my rating to big 91 - I think there is more to come.
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