medium density garnet color. pepper, smoke, rock, and berries on the nose. light bodied and highly acidic. savory palate with much more rock, cranberry, and underripe strawberry. finishes long, better with food, similar to my prior bottle last year.
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Decanted for 4+ hours to burn off the very strong barnyard funk. Well worth it - lots of red fruit balanced with earthy/ashy notes on the nose. Really nice crunch, good balance and lighter body. True to its volcanic spirit.
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First of two bottles. Day 1: drinking well already. Charred meat, smokey, lots of spice, pomegranate and cranberry. Great tannin structure that will definitely round out in a 3-5 more years. Acidity is kicking, slightly off balance right now. Will report back on day 2.
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1/26/2024 - xwine wrote:
Very good. Developed nicely over the past few years.
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1/5/2024 - pryby wrote: 88 Points
Improved relative to my note a few years ago. Still reductive, but with air some raspberry and unripe strawberry emerged. Highly mineral.
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12/15/2021 - bps2266 wrote:
medium density garnet color. pepper, smoke, rock, and berries on the nose. light bodied and highly acidic. savory palate with much more rock, cranberry, and underripe strawberry. finishes long, better with food, similar to my prior bottle last year.
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1/27/2021 - Ski2002 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted for 4+ hours to burn off the very strong barnyard funk. Well worth it - lots of red fruit balanced with earthy/ashy notes on the nose. Really nice crunch, good balance and lighter body. True to its volcanic spirit.
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12/25/2020 - virginiavino Likes this wine: 93 Points
First of two bottles.
Day 1: drinking well already. Charred meat, smokey, lots of spice, pomegranate and cranberry. Great tannin structure that will definitely round out in a 3-5 more years. Acidity is kicking, slightly off balance right now. Will report back on day 2.
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