Richly fruited with cherry and hints of rhubarb; gamey with roasted nuts and just a hint of pine giving clue to the vintage. Focused and complex with some real likely upside to 5 yrs more aging.
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Smoke and spice and everything nice! Lots of focus and clarity to the fruit today. An ever-changing nose of various spice, iodine/blood infused red cherry fruits, minty herbs, pine and mineral. Precise but complex in the mouth with well-integrated tannin (which appears to be fine) allows this to be quite drinkable today. This should age on its balance. Very impressive for it's age at the moment and should only improve.
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About friggin time. After two off bottles from a PC clearance, I got a solid bottle. No green, penetrating fruit, ample acidity and a mineral streak almost make up for the prior 2 bottles.
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5/11/2018 - jmoore431 wrote: 91 Points
Richly fruited with cherry and hints of rhubarb; gamey with roasted nuts and just a hint of pine giving clue to the vintage. Focused and complex with some real likely upside to 5 yrs more aging.
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5/7/2018 - Xavier94 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Smoke and spice and everything nice! Lots of focus and clarity to the fruit today. An ever-changing nose of various spice, iodine/blood infused red cherry fruits, minty herbs, pine and mineral. Precise but complex in the mouth with well-integrated tannin (which appears to be fine) allows this to be quite drinkable today. This should age on its balance. Very impressive for it's age at the moment and should only improve.
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2/18/2013 - jayw wrote: flawed
Compromised cork, totally cooked. Purchased from PC in 2008.
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6/24/2009 - Latinpig wrote: flawed
Another PC bottle that was likely heat damaged. The cork was completely soaked and the wine was cooked.
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1/2/2009 - spacewrangler wrote: 90 Points
About friggin time. After two off bottles from a PC clearance, I got a solid bottle. No green, penetrating fruit, ample acidity and a mineral streak almost make up for the prior 2 bottles.
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