several bottles later, and my experience is very consistent... 4+ hour decant critical and needs to be on cool side (60ish degrees), and this is a very enjoyable wine.. PnP and warm and it's terrible
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Raspberry, finely grained spice, graphite, peppercorns, hints of mint and basil on the nose -- well-defined aromatics. On the palate there's more fruit, but a nice mix of berries, it's a little darker on the palate than the nose. Medium acid and somewhat chewy medium+ tannins.
Took a bit to open up and it has some nicely defined notes, though feels ever so slightly flat on the palate -- still, really nice wine.
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I have had several bottles of this wine, and beginning to see a pattern: my experience is that this is almost undrinkable PnP; I decanted and kept it cellar temp and after 4 hours, it emerged as a very enjoyable wine
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11/16/2020 - cupoverflowing1 Likes this wine: 91 Points
several bottles later, and my experience is very consistent... 4+ hour decant critical and needs to be on cool side (60ish degrees), and this is a very enjoyable wine.. PnP and warm and it's terrible
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6/29/2020 - OaktownRush Likes this wine: 91 Points
Raspberry, finely grained spice, graphite, peppercorns, hints of mint and basil on the nose -- well-defined aromatics. On the palate there's more fruit, but a nice mix of berries, it's a little darker on the palate than the nose. Medium acid and somewhat chewy medium+ tannins.
Took a bit to open up and it has some nicely defined notes, though feels ever so slightly flat on the palate -- still, really nice wine.
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1/17/2020 - cupoverflowing1 Likes this wine: 90 Points
I have had several bottles of this wine, and beginning to see a pattern: my experience is that this is almost undrinkable PnP; I decanted and kept it cellar temp and after 4 hours, it emerged as a very enjoyable wine
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7/12/2019 - wabi47 Likes this wine: 90 Points
solid, with gravitas for a zin. Darker fruit and bramble; still plenty of tannin but it is masked by the fruit.
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4/21/2019 - CA Wines wrote:
Ok but don't buy more
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