2005 Henry's Drive Pillar Box Red

Community Tasting Notes (192) Avg Score: 87.2 points

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  7/22/2015 - jimkay21 wrote: 86 Points

  cellar diving! Sort of forgot this one. Screw cap in fine shape. Still with a dark color, no oxidation. Slightly medicinal nose - cough syrupy, not offensive and I suspect the higher alcohol played a role. Palate was okay with some muted black fruit, dry, little finish. The things that persist in these cheap wines are the alcohol and residual sugar. This wine is thankfully without the sugar.

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  4/21/2011 - ecola Likes this wine: 90 Points

  This was the first wine I had that blew me away. The lightbulb went on with this one and made me love wine. My epiphany wine. Let's see how it is doing now. Aromas of dark jammy fruit. Similar flavors on the palate but not as explosive as I remember. A dusty leather component is lurking in the background. The ripe black fruit really comes out on the finish as some tannin has dropped off. Still a very good wine, but needs to be consumed soon. That is something I can do.

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  2/5/2011 - ecola wrote: 92 Points

  FRUIT BOMB! Wow, this is great. Vibrant nose, dark cherry. Long,long finish. 89-GV 91-RP ($11)

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  10/26/2010 - cmont75 Likes this wine:

  Deep purple color, spicy meaty nose, good balance, probably a little too old but still pretty nice

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  1/8/2010 - ikileo wrote:

  Decanted for an hour and drank over a 3 hour period
  
  Colour: Dark pitch red
  
  Nose: Intense concentrated dark fruit, slight roasted peppers, earthiness and a little alcohol
  
  Taste: Intense pure fruit of cherries, plums and currants. Brick, toast and spice notes were detected as well. Long finish and full bodied.
  
  Overall very delicious but not mind blasting.

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