I must say, I was definitely let down..... It wasn't bad by any means, and everyone that was there polished the bottle, but it was not what I felt like it should have been, especially coming from such a prestige vintage! My only assumption would be that I possibly caught it in an awkward "transitioning" stage from it's younger new world personality to it's older, old world style. I don't know, I have 2 more and I probably won't revisit for another 5-10 years. Gambling all in with this one. Everything was there for a great wine, it just wasn't great......
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Still has a lot of life after 29 years. Tasted when opened and it was wonderful with a good amount of fruit. Very little sediment in the bottle. Decanted for 1 hour with little change. Just a great old wine that I wish I had more of.
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Cork came out just fine. Minimal sediment. Cherry right off the bat...minimal and I mean minimal bricking, no raisining. Smooth, well integrated tannins. This has aged very, very well and is still a good sipper. Enjoyed with a few marcona almonds during a movie at home. Not sure that it has enough power to stand up to a great fatty ribeye but it might. The tannins are not washed out. Finish is nice and long. One of those sippers that you want to swish around for 30-60 seconds before you swallow.
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At Clos du Val, Alex and Bill continued to pour aged Cabernet Sauvignon for me which made for a terrific day-thank you, this really surpassed the 1993, rich, dark cherry fruit on the nose, more of the same on the palate, lovely taste, fresher bottle, wine, and better vintage to me, medium body, long, lovely, flavorful finish!!
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12/31/2023 - SoleModel23 wrote:
I must say, I was definitely let down..... It wasn't bad by any means, and everyone that was there polished the bottle, but it was not what I felt like it should have been, especially coming from such a prestige vintage! My only assumption would be that I possibly caught it in an awkward "transitioning" stage from it's younger new world personality to it's older, old world style. I don't know, I have 2 more and I probably won't revisit for another 5-10 years. Gambling all in with this one. Everything was there for a great wine, it just wasn't great......
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9/20/2023 - Edward M Does not like this wine: 75 Points
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2/5/2023 - Radar & Mattie Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still has a lot of life after 29 years. Tasted when opened and it was wonderful with a good amount of fruit. Very little sediment in the bottle. Decanted for 1 hour with little change. Just a great old wine that I wish I had more of.
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3/23/2016 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 92 Points
Cork came out just fine. Minimal sediment. Cherry right off the bat...minimal and I mean minimal bricking, no raisining. Smooth, well integrated tannins. This has aged very, very well and is still a good sipper. Enjoyed with a few marcona almonds during a movie at home. Not sure that it has enough power to stand up to a great fatty ribeye but it might. The tannins are not washed out. Finish is nice and long. One of those sippers that you want to swish around for 30-60 seconds before you swallow.
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2/7/2015 - bestdamncab Likes this wine: 92 Points
At Clos du Val, Alex and Bill continued to pour aged Cabernet Sauvignon for me which made for a terrific day-thank you, this really surpassed the 1993, rich, dark cherry fruit on the nose, more of the same on the palate, lovely taste, fresher bottle, wine, and better vintage to me, medium body, long, lovely, flavorful finish!!
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