Decanted for 2 hours. I’d raise this to a 91 Pointer though. It’s definitely gotten more mellow, smoother and balanced. Low fruit though, promarily black. Still a nice medium-big wine. And for the price paid, a solid Excellent QPR. Would get more again, even a current vintage.
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Seems this wine is greatly over rated IMHO. Over ripe and syrupy without acid/tannin structure necessary to support the fruit/oak elements. On top of that, there is nothing that stands out about the wine .... basic and expected. Many better wines out there for the same or better price.
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Full bodied. Dark and inky. Fruit forward but with time does become more complex. A little heavy on tannins and acid still. May like another couple years in bottle.
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6/5/2021 - aaronwine Likes this wine: 91 Points
Solid effort. Needs some time to open up. A little disjointed but with air comes together. Darker fruit and all things considered a good QPR wine.
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3/27/2021 - Thebigbaby Likes this wine: 90 Points
Magnum. Super smooth and silky. Blue and black fruits with a medium finish. I would not wait much longer. Ready to drink now.
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3/25/2020 - kevrob822 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted for 2 hours. I’d raise this to a 91 Pointer though. It’s definitely gotten more mellow, smoother and balanced. Low fruit though, promarily black. Still a nice medium-big wine. And for the price paid, a solid Excellent QPR. Would get more again, even a current vintage.
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11/26/2019 - mtnbarry Likes this wine: 86 Points
Seems this wine is greatly over rated IMHO. Over ripe and syrupy without acid/tannin structure necessary to support the fruit/oak elements. On top of that, there is nothing that stands out about the wine .... basic and expected. Many better wines out there for the same or better price.
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9/16/2019 - mtrain Likes this wine: 91 Points
Full bodied. Dark and inky. Fruit forward but with time does become more complex. A little heavy on tannins and acid still. May like another couple years in bottle.
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