This wine was not corked properly and the cork was actually in the neck of the bottle. Somehow the foil kept the wine from leaking out and making a mess. I had two previous bottles of this vintage that were properly corked but neither impressed me.
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I was unimpressed. The color was deep red. The wine was much too tannic for its age. My response to this bottle is the same as the previous bottle that I opened and drank several months ago.
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Perhaps it was its age but I was not impressed. The color was deep red -- plum like. The bouquet can only be characterized as barnyard and was pronounced. The tannins were very pronounced and overwhelmed whatever fruit was present. Even with 22 years of bottle age the wine was not balanced. Perhaps it was too old?
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2/25/2018 - dssmith wrote: flawed
This wine was not corked properly and the cork was actually in the neck of the bottle. Somehow the foil kept the wine from leaking out and making a mess. I had two previous bottles of this vintage that were properly corked but neither impressed me.
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5/5/2017 - dssmith wrote: 79 Points
I was unimpressed. The color was deep red. The wine was much too tannic for its age. My response to this bottle is the same as the previous bottle that I opened and drank several months ago.
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4/27/2017 - dssmith wrote: 80 Points
Perhaps it was its age but I was not impressed. The color was deep red -- plum like. The bouquet can only be characterized as barnyard and was pronounced. The tannins were very pronounced and overwhelmed whatever fruit was present. Even with 22 years of bottle age the wine was not balanced. Perhaps it was too old?
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