An austere wine that needs to be aerated and drank with food at this stage. Compared to last year it is on the way down from peaking. Full bodied and subdued black fruits and finishes with dry chewy tannins. Food helps soften the tannic effect and brings a bit of the fruit out. It does have a solid structure. With food 88 without food 85. I found a significant difference.
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Age has really improved this wine. It is now smooth and much more approachable. See my note from 2010. Alcohol was still too dominant then but now it is quite balanced and makes for a good full bodied drinker.
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1/25/2021 - TGRLU Likes this wine: 88 Points
Ein harmonischer reifer Wein. Schöner Speisenbegleiter.
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11/3/2018 - TGRLU Likes this wine: 89 Points
Im Alter von 15 Jahren wunderbar harmonisch. Jetzt geniessen.
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12/23/2014 - Kentw wrote: 88 Points
An austere wine that needs to be aerated and drank with food at this stage. Compared to last year it is on the way down from peaking. Full bodied and subdued black fruits and finishes with dry chewy tannins. Food helps soften the tannic effect and brings a bit of the fruit out. It does have a solid structure. With food 88 without food 85. I found a significant difference.
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3/21/2014 - fmoehl@yahoo.com wrote: flawed
not good anymore, strong tannins still
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4/27/2013 - Kentw Likes this wine: 89 Points
Age has really improved this wine. It is now smooth and much more approachable. See my note from 2010. Alcohol was still too dominant then but now it is quite balanced and makes for a good full bodied drinker.
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