A sleeper of the vintage, a consistently pleasant, nice drinking wine, belaying and despite its lackluster reviews. Still life left, this was dark garnet colored, medium bodied, still vibrant and lively, nicely balanced, moderately complex black cherry fruits accented by tobacco leaf, leather, tones of tangy spicy oak and modest but pleasant tannins on the finish. Now starting to show its age, I deducted a point from my last four consistent reviews of this wine over the last six years.
Pete's bottle. Definitely past prime and not especially complex or forceful, but enjoyable situationally as the hospitality a good friend (in which one is less critical) with fading notes of black cherry, tobacco and mint.
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- Medium forming legs. It's somewhat balanced with a medium body. Smooth texture with a medium finish - Dark purple core fading slightly to a purple brownish rim. Hay, tobacco, blackberry, plum and oak on the nose. Cassis, blackberry, cherry and tobacco on the palate. Medium tannins with soft finish
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12/17/2016 - rmcnees Likes this wine: 89 Points
A sleeper of the vintage, a consistently pleasant, nice drinking wine, belaying and despite its lackluster reviews. Still life left, this was dark garnet colored, medium bodied, still vibrant and lively, nicely balanced, moderately complex black cherry fruits accented by tobacco leaf, leather, tones of tangy spicy oak and modest but pleasant tannins on the finish. Now starting to show its age, I deducted a point from my last four consistent reviews of this wine over the last six years.
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12/13/2013 - Neecies Likes this wine: 86 Points
Pete's bottle. Definitely past prime and not especially complex or forceful, but enjoyable situationally as the hospitality a good friend (in which one is less critical) with fading notes of black cherry, tobacco and mint.
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7/19/2012 - T Warner wrote:
- Medium forming legs. It's somewhat balanced with a medium body. Smooth texture with a medium finish - Dark purple core fading slightly to a purple brownish rim. Hay, tobacco, blackberry, plum and oak on the nose. Cassis, blackberry, cherry and tobacco on the palate. Medium tannins with soft finish
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1/6/2007 - AlphaWillie wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for about 30 minutes and served with pork chop dinner. This bottle was great and did not have any of the issues that others have reported.
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11/29/2006 - dlynch wrote: 83 Points
Lots of mustiness needed airing off. Nice light body, crisp and clean. Sadly, very little fruit or flavor to go with the acid. Probably just too old.
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