This wine was obviously past it's prime. The wine is amber to purple with a medium body, much lighter body then I expected. The nose was pleasant with tar, vanilla and minerals. In the mouth it was weak with little flavor on the mid palate, dark red fruits and fairly strong minerality with a small amount of soft tannins. The wine is somewhat disjointed and lacks balance. I should have drunk this bottle 3 years ago.
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Quick Day Trip to Napa (Napa Valley CA): Tasting at winery. Black cherry aromas with some espresso. Plum and black cherry flavors with coffee and chocolate. Good length. Better after 2006.
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2/18/2016 - Montaniel Likes this wine: 91 Points
Not as good as the last one I had.
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9/16/2015 - Montaniel Likes this wine: 95 Points
Tasted this next to the Cliff Lede "Poetry." Both were excellent but everyone in the group picked this as the best of the evening!
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6/15/2009 - geodeemoore wrote: 86 Points
This wine was obviously past it's prime. The wine is amber to purple with a medium body, much lighter body then I expected. The nose was pleasant with tar, vanilla and minerals. In the mouth it was weak with little flavor on the mid palate, dark red fruits and fairly strong minerality with a small amount of soft tannins. The wine is somewhat disjointed and lacks balance. I should have drunk this bottle 3 years ago.
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2/22/2003 - Burgundy Al wrote: 90 Points
Quick Day Trip to Napa (Napa Valley CA): Tasting at winery. Black cherry aromas with some espresso. Plum and black cherry flavors with coffee and chocolate. Good length. Better after 2006.
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