Penetrating red berry aromas. The whole cluster here is salting up the fruit perfectly, not herbal, and with some kernel are making for a dynamite nose. Palate is wildly complex, with cedar and flora tones, medium minus tannin, medium body, very accessible for NSG. Palate feels stuffed into a well fit shirt. The nuanced level of baking spice on the palate is so fine. BUY BUY.
From a coravin’d bottle a month ago. No more Damocles ‘15 to be had over he-ah, so...drinking apricot Le Criox and just ate a milk choc covered pecan, and got a distinct black olive note on my palate. No wine involved yet. that being said this is excellent. Probably a WOTY candidate, early in the race, an ol’ 96’er when its all said and done. Super suave and easy drinking palate without being over done. Kernel shows as a little more oak this go around. I mean, Vougeraie...
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10/15/2023 - Martin_G wrote: 93 Points
Real, real good. Prime drinking now - 2025/6/7(?). Better than '13, id say.
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2/26/2020 - nzinkgraf wrote:
Penetrating red berry aromas. The whole cluster here is salting up the fruit perfectly, not herbal, and with some kernel are making for a dynamite nose. Palate is wildly complex, with cedar and flora tones, medium minus tannin, medium body, very accessible for NSG. Palate feels stuffed into a well fit shirt. The nuanced level of baking spice on the palate is so fine. BUY BUY.
From a coravin’d bottle a month ago. No more Damocles ‘15 to be had over he-ah, so...drinking apricot Le Criox and just ate a milk choc covered pecan, and got a distinct black olive note on my palate. No wine involved yet.
that being said this is excellent. Probably a WOTY candidate, early in the race, an ol’ 96’er when its all said and done. Super suave and easy drinking palate without being over done. Kernel shows as a little more oak this go around. I mean, Vougeraie...
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10/20/2019 - Tavastgatan wrote: 92 Points
Complex berry cocktail!
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