Carrie's Birthday! (Le Bec Fin Philadelphia): Still young. Deeper red color. Earthy. Mushrooms and red fruit on the nose. Salinity, minerals and even a touch of smoked meat. Some pine, menthol and herbs. Tannic and some acidity poking through at the back end. Good finish but it wrestled with the acidity, May get better with time.
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On the first day, an overwhelming stink of cow manure. I'd have put it as a flaw. The stink disappeared overnight, and some pruney, plummy Pinot Noir aromatics appeared. There was a fair bit of body in the mouth, and not the fearsome tannin that I've had in this wine before, but I'd still put this down as a sub-par bottle. NR.
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Wine tasting. Good dark fruit on the nose which continued on to the palate, but flavors coming across as slightly tired and obscured by coarse tannins. Some nice dusty spice elements coming through slightly on finish.
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5/29/2009 - jrobs7777 wrote: 91 Points
Carrie's Birthday! (Le Bec Fin Philadelphia): Still young. Deeper red color. Earthy. Mushrooms and red fruit on the nose. Salinity, minerals and even a touch of smoked meat. Some pine, menthol and herbs. Tannic and some acidity poking through at the back end. Good finish but it wrestled with the acidity, May get better with time.
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5/9/2008 - wineamateur wrote:
On the first day, an overwhelming stink of cow manure. I'd have put it as a flaw. The stink disappeared overnight, and some pruney, plummy Pinot Noir aromatics appeared. There was a fair bit of body in the mouth, and not the fearsome tannin that I've had in this wine before, but I'd still put this down as a sub-par bottle. NR.
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3/24/2005 - Burgundy Al wrote: 84 Points
Wine tasting. Good dark fruit on the nose which continued on to the palate, but flavors coming across as slightly tired and obscured by coarse tannins. Some nice dusty spice elements coming through slightly on finish.
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