9th Annual Holiday Dinner and Cellar Raid (Naperville, IL): Part of wine dinner and cellar raid so did not take detailed notes. Excellent showing for this. Def past it's prime but still a nice wine and had a bit more minerality than the others
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Drinking bottles that are mature, so as to liberate some space. Wanted to cellar this one longer, but succumbed to temptation. Really excellent bottle. Mature - tannins still clearly perceptible but no longer intrusive. Terrific nose. Coffee, chocolate, leather, black (and some red) fruit, forest floor. Palate is balanced (fruit, acidity, hint of oak), with some tertiaries emerging. Very enjoyable.
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I feared this may be over the hill, but thankfully I was wrong - this was excellent. Superb nose. Could smell this for hours. Excellent palate. Tannins integrated, delicious fruit (think Right-Bank styled blend meets new world fruit), some enjoyble tertiary notes emerging. Well balanced. Nothing was out of whack. Will drink my remaining bottle in 12-18 more months. Drinking window in cellar tracker seems off.
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12/14/2019 - bablues wrote: 91 Points
9th Annual Holiday Dinner and Cellar Raid (Naperville, IL): Part of wine dinner and cellar raid so did not take detailed notes. Excellent showing for this. Def past it's prime but still a nice wine and had a bit more minerality than the others
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1/11/2018 - bravo.solares Likes this wine: 92 Points
Drinking bottles that are mature, so as to liberate some space. Wanted to cellar this one longer, but succumbed to temptation. Really excellent bottle. Mature - tannins still clearly perceptible but no longer intrusive. Terrific nose. Coffee, chocolate, leather, black (and some red) fruit, forest floor. Palate is balanced (fruit, acidity, hint of oak), with some tertiaries emerging. Very enjoyable.
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11/3/2017 - bravo.solares Likes this wine: 92 Points
I feared this may be over the hill, but thankfully I was wrong - this was excellent. Superb nose. Could smell this for hours. Excellent palate. Tannins integrated, delicious fruit (think Right-Bank styled blend meets new world fruit), some enjoyble tertiary notes emerging. Well balanced. Nothing was out of whack. Will drink my remaining bottle in 12-18 more months. Drinking window in cellar tracker seems off.
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7/15/2015 - Harry Cantrell wrote: flawed
corked
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9/15/2014 - Josh Dooley wrote: 91 Points
Drank from 1.5L and it still was showing very well. Great dark fruit notes and complimented a Rib Eye perfectly.
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