Three and a half hour decant, the nose is bing cherry and black pepper. The palate is grippy with tannins and solid acidity, with red fruit in the forefront. The tannins hold on to the experience for a while, stating this can age for a while still and integrate further. All the ingredients are here for an improving experience, sit on this one for a couple more years.
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Drank at Fire Tower in Stratton last nite. Plenty of ripe dark fruit, some licorice and leather. On the sweetish side, easy to drink and appreciate. Decent length. Showing quite well.
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Sunday blinds (Chicago, IL): Served double blind. Clearly old world with its bit of funk here. Plummy and sweet, but not overly so. A bit of a minerally/rocky quality had me initially thinking St. Joseph, but the plums brought me to CdP. I think there was some mention of plenty of oak use here, but if there was, it didn't stick out too much.
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4/10/2022 - quaffnov Likes this wine: 92 Points
Three and a half hour decant, the nose is bing cherry and black pepper. The palate is grippy with tannins and solid acidity, with red fruit in the forefront. The tannins hold on to the experience for a while, stating this can age for a while still and integrate further. All the ingredients are here for an improving experience, sit on this one for a couple more years.
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2/11/2020 - Salute Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very nice - rich fruit, spice, leather, cedar. Nice balanced acidity.
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1/24/2019 - cephomer wrote: 91 Points
Drank at Fire Tower in Stratton last nite. Plenty of ripe dark fruit, some licorice and leather. On the sweetish side, easy to drink and appreciate. Decent length. Showing quite well.
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12/8/2018 - BFemmel wrote:
Very nice at first taste but depth is lacking and the taste on the tongue disappears after 4 or 5 sips.
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11/4/2018 - acyso wrote: 88 Points
Sunday blinds (Chicago, IL): Served double blind. Clearly old world with its bit of funk here. Plummy and sweet, but not overly so. A bit of a minerally/rocky quality had me initially thinking St. Joseph, but the plums brought me to CdP. I think there was some mention of plenty of oak use here, but if there was, it didn't stick out too much.
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