Drinking really well now. Great balance of tannins starting to mellow, dark fruit, some oak that isn’t overpowering. Sure it will continue to be great.
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I have a couple more bottles so this was For Science. Pretty unforgiving at pop n pour. Very dark, tannic and very noticeable wood. Impressive - in the sense that it is seamless, dense, and the oak is not excessive - but not a lot of pleasure right now. I am not sure this will really be radically transformed by aging but it would at least be less sullen. Not sure if the style is for me but this is not overextracted crap - it’s a genuine wine. If you insist on opening this now I would give it a long decant. Better to just forget these for about a decade. Score : 89+. Relative to expectations: 0 for now.
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Medium (+) Acidity Medium (+) Tannin High Alcohol Full Bodied Long Finish
Medium (+) Intensity - Cassis, Blackberry, Black Plum, Blueberry, Black Pepper, Smoke, Tobacco, Cloves, Cinnamon, Eucalyptus, Cedar
Black fruits and spices, intense palate but not quite pronounced on the nose, tannins are still grippy but well integrated, a good wine with complexity but not really remarkable, might be too young to drink though, should hold on for a few more years.
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3/9/2024 - roobs Likes this wine: 94 Points
Drinking really well now. Great balance of tannins starting to mellow, dark fruit, some oak that isn’t overpowering. Sure it will continue to be great.
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1/20/2024 - dwestlund@sugarfoods.com wrote: 90 Points
I'm not a Shiraz person. It was okay.
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11/6/2023 - PLLU Likes this wine: 91 Points
Fruit-driven: Black berries, cherries and a light touch of vanilla and leather.
Long taste
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8/16/2023 - JJYoyo wrote: 89 Points
I have a couple more bottles so this was For Science. Pretty unforgiving at pop n pour. Very dark, tannic and very noticeable wood. Impressive - in the sense that it is seamless, dense, and the oak is not excessive - but not a lot of pleasure right now. I am not sure this will really be radically transformed by aging but it would at least be less sullen. Not sure if the style is for me but this is not overextracted crap - it’s a genuine wine. If you insist on opening this now I would give it a long decant. Better to just forget these for about a decade.
Score : 89+. Relative to expectations: 0 for now.
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4/30/2023 - Kevin Mak Likes this wine: 91 Points
Deep Purple
Medium (+) Acidity
Medium (+) Tannin
High Alcohol
Full Bodied
Long Finish
Medium (+) Intensity
- Cassis, Blackberry, Black Plum, Blueberry, Black Pepper, Smoke, Tobacco, Cloves, Cinnamon, Eucalyptus, Cedar
Black fruits and spices, intense palate but not quite pronounced on the nose, tannins are still grippy but well integrated, a good wine with complexity but not really remarkable, might be too young to drink though, should hold on for a few more years.
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