This has rounded fully into form: black fruit tinged by herbs and earth, juicy acid, medium weight but intense, with a lot of acid in the midpalate but incredible length to the fruit on the finish. Happy wine.
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It's been about two years since my last bottle. The fruit in this one is fresher but the texture is softer and rounder. It pops with vibrant red berries with even a little bit of raspberry zing. A little Benjamin Button action here in the fruit department. The crunch has mellowed out though. The green peppery bite that I always love about CRB still has the refreshing green but more of a breezy streak than a sharp bite. But there is no diminution in energy. This is still a wine that you half expect to glow in the dark. Nothing has the life force of CRB.
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Dark garnet in the glass with a bit of sediment showing. Deeply pitched nose of damp earth, dry smoke, beetroot, and plums; the palate was in top form with ample acidity and supple tannin, silky but not too refined. Perhaps drying out just a touch but overall hard to find fault here, this would have been even better with food (of any kind). On its plateau of maturity and should hold for a decade easily.
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Beautiful nose. Vibrant and pure. Still juicy and pretty on palate with a shimmering undercurrent of soil underneath. Acidity and tannins seem to be just resolving. No shame to drink now if you have a few. I’ll probably wait a bit until opening another. CRB seldom disappoints and this is no exception.
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2/23/2024 - coremill wrote: 92 Points
This has rounded fully into form: black fruit tinged by herbs and earth, juicy acid, medium weight but intense, with a lot of acid in the midpalate but incredible length to the fruit on the finish. Happy wine.
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1/8/2024 - Keith Levenberg Likes this wine:
It's been about two years since my last bottle. The fruit in this one is fresher but the texture is softer and rounder. It pops with vibrant red berries with even a little bit of raspberry zing. A little Benjamin Button action here in the fruit department. The crunch has mellowed out though. The green peppery bite that I always love about CRB still has the refreshing green but more of a breezy streak than a sharp bite. But there is no diminution in energy. This is still a wine that you half expect to glow in the dark. Nothing has the life force of CRB.
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8/4/2023 - SoundinBetween wrote:
Dark garnet in the glass with a bit of sediment showing. Deeply pitched nose of damp earth, dry smoke, beetroot, and plums; the palate was in top form with ample acidity and supple tannin, silky but not too refined. Perhaps drying out just a touch but overall hard to find fault here, this would have been even better with food (of any kind). On its plateau of maturity and should hold for a decade easily.
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7/20/2023 - decaturwinedude wrote: 94 Points
A Good Wednesday: Riesling and Friends: Knoll, Prum, Schaefer, LdH, CRB Pif, Gahier... (Northen China Eatery): Beautiful wine. Earthy and crunchy with clean red fruit balanced with earth and sous bois for days. So poised. Almost refreshing after a night of Riesling and spicy food. This still shines.
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4/22/2022 - JohnMcIlwain Likes this wine:
Beautiful nose. Vibrant and pure. Still juicy and pretty on palate with a shimmering undercurrent of soil underneath. Acidity and tannins seem to be just resolving. No shame to drink now if you have a few. I’ll probably wait a bit until opening another. CRB seldom disappoints and this is no exception.
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