Surprisingly the bottle still was very enjoyable, and gained weight over the 3 hours.
Would agree pretty much straight down the line with MM tasting notes on 5/13/20. I did get a little bit of woody cedar flavor, but very subtle. The fruit was a bit muted, but still evident and was amazed do find very little sediment in the bottle. Cork was perfect as well.
Definitely think they have seen their best days, but think these will hold pretty much at the current state for some years to come. No sense in holding 'em if ya got em!!
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From 5L. Deep crimson color. Strong green, cassis and cranberry initial nose carrying-over to palate. Tart but not drying. Steadily moderated over 2 hrs to nicely balanced black cherry, anise and cranberry. Long but not rich finish. No cedar or woody notes. Properly cellared, EASILY holding here in this format for 5+ yrs. A great tribute to the vintage.
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Clearly way past its best years and just hanging on. Nose is tar and camphor, not pleasant, color is browning... but it's still nice to drink, at least for the first 40 minutes after decanting. It seems to be fading rather quickly, a common trait of old wines that are dying. Glad it was my last bottle.
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3/24/2021 - Cabernet4me2 wrote: 89 Points
Surprisingly the bottle still was very enjoyable, and gained weight over the 3 hours.
Would agree pretty much straight down the line with MM tasting notes on 5/13/20. I did get a little bit of woody cedar flavor, but very subtle. The fruit was a bit muted, but still evident and was amazed do find very little sediment in the bottle. Cork was perfect as well.
Definitely think they have seen their best days, but think these will hold pretty much at the current state for some years to come. No sense in holding 'em if ya got em!!
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5/13/2020 - Michigan Mostberg Likes this wine: 91 Points
From 5L. Deep crimson color. Strong green, cassis and cranberry initial nose carrying-over to palate. Tart but not drying. Steadily moderated over 2 hrs to nicely balanced black cherry, anise and cranberry. Long but not rich finish. No cedar or woody notes. Properly cellared, EASILY holding here in this format for 5+ yrs. A great tribute to the vintage.
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3/2/2020 - seijaro wrote: 89 Points
Clearly way past its best years and just hanging on. Nose is tar and camphor, not pleasant, color is browning... but it's still nice to drink, at least for the first 40 minutes after decanting. It seems to be fading rather quickly, a common trait of old wines that are dying. Glad it was my last bottle.
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1/6/2013 - hubas wrote: 94 Points
The aroma is of dark fruit, with raisins, black currant, black berries all very concentrated and matured.
The wine is very elegant with extremely long taste and both great acidity and tannins
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8/9/2011 - mraabpfg wrote: flawed
Sadly it had gone bad
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