One of the better 2011 still in my cellar. As the last CT member mentions there is a little heat but overall the wine is in a great spot to open but has plenty of life still left to be cellared. Better on day two as the wine gained some weight. Day 3 was dialed in with no decline.
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Good wine in a good spot. Inky purple black color. Nice viscosity. Medium acidity, with fairly resolved tannins. Tons of Black fruit (raspberry and currant) hint of menthol, vanilla oak aroma. Good mouth feel and finish. A little alcoholic heat on finish but finish had good length. Well recommended
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Lovely sweet nose with a hint of menthol. On the palate, this wine has a beautiful texture to it. Initial hit of cassis and black fruit, beautiful balanced by the acidity present. Very balanced. Drinking very well at the moment but probably still has 5+ years ahead of it.
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From my original six bottles, I have now consumed two bottles. The first was in 2016 and now the second last night. While I agree this bottle presents like a softer Bordeaux, possibly right bank as others suggested, it does not have the aging potential of the higher growths from that region. The freshness I tasted in 2016 is gone and now what has taken its place is less interesting, less distinctive. I am updating my drinking window to consume the remaining bottles in the next year or so, before everything that was good about this wine in 2016 is gone.
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This wine is drinking amazing right now. Very similar to a right bank St. Emilion Merlot. Very soft fruit with a long finish. Day two it fell off ever so slightly. PNP. Enjoy!
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1/17/2021 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 92 Points
One of the better 2011 still in my cellar. As the last CT member mentions there is a little heat but overall the wine is in a great spot to open but has plenty of life still left to be cellared. Better on day two as the wine gained some weight. Day 3 was dialed in with no decline.
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5/9/2020 - eschaefer Likes this wine: 92 Points
Good wine in a good spot. Inky purple black color. Nice viscosity. Medium acidity, with fairly resolved tannins. Tons of Black fruit (raspberry and currant) hint of menthol, vanilla oak aroma. Good mouth feel and finish. A little alcoholic heat on finish but finish had good length. Well recommended
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3/21/2020 - Battersea James Likes this wine: 92 Points
Lovely sweet nose with a hint of menthol. On the palate, this wine has a beautiful texture to it. Initial hit of cassis and black fruit, beautiful balanced by the acidity present. Very balanced. Drinking very well at the moment but probably still has 5+ years ahead of it.
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7/7/2019 - Inlytes Likes this wine: 90 Points
From my original six bottles, I have now consumed two bottles. The first was in 2016 and now the second last night. While I agree this bottle presents like a softer Bordeaux, possibly right bank as others suggested, it does not have the aging potential of the higher growths from that region. The freshness I tasted in 2016 is gone and now what has taken its place is less interesting, less distinctive. I am updating my drinking window to consume the remaining bottles in the next year or so, before everything that was good about this wine in 2016 is gone.
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12/16/2018 - MJP Hou TX Likes this wine: 94 Points
This wine is drinking amazing right now. Very similar to a right bank St. Emilion Merlot. Very soft fruit with a long finish. Day two it fell off ever so slightly. PNP. Enjoy!
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