Nice sediment in bottle neck. Dark color shows little sign of age. New world nose of fruit and spices with a hint of vanilla. Taste mirrors nose. fully mature but not too old. Nice, and a good buy.
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An impressive and expressive wine! I was not only surprise by its excellent development after almost 8 years of cellaring time. This was also a great example how a great wine does not have to be that expensive to produce an enticing bouquet, to show an outstanding structure and character, and finally to taste like a trophy wine. Outstanding effort…
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Note from 2nd day (left on counter vacu-vined). Blackberry and leather nose. Rich blackberry, chocolate, licorice and cedar. Decent complexity and richness. Very impressive.
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Medium-dark ruby. Rich and sweet aromas of sweet rasberries, black cherries and mulberries, with identifiable leather and coffee notes. Bright and ripe on the attack, palate staining black cherries, mulberries, and cranberries. Not as dark and brooding as some Cali Cabs, nicely balanced with good acidity, medium-soft tannins, mostly ready to drink. Tannins and cherries interplay on the finish. Perhaps lacks some complexity, but at this price that's not surprising, and has nice "lift" and finishes cleanly and refreshing.
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11/5/2010 - cmont75 Likes this wine:
Nice sediment in bottle neck. Dark color shows little sign of age. New world nose of fruit and spices with a hint of vanilla. Taste mirrors nose. fully mature but not too old. Nice, and a good buy.
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6/26/2010 - RATER wrote: 92 Points
An impressive and expressive wine!
I was not only surprise by its excellent development after almost 8 years of cellaring time. This was also a great example how a great wine does not have to be that expensive to produce an enticing bouquet, to show an outstanding structure and character, and finally to taste like a trophy wine. Outstanding effort…
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3/9/2007 - wineward wrote: 90 Points
Note from 2nd day (left on counter vacu-vined). Blackberry and leather nose. Rich blackberry, chocolate, licorice and cedar. Decent complexity and richness. Very impressive.
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6/25/2006 - PBaird wrote: 87 Points
Medium-dark ruby. Rich and sweet aromas of sweet rasberries, black cherries and mulberries, with identifiable leather and coffee notes. Bright and ripe on the attack, palate staining black cherries, mulberries, and cranberries. Not as dark and brooding as some Cali Cabs, nicely balanced with good acidity, medium-soft tannins, mostly ready to drink. Tannins and cherries interplay on the finish. Perhaps lacks some complexity, but at this price that's not surprising, and has nice "lift" and finishes cleanly and refreshing.
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6/9/2006 - raadams wrote: 89 Points
Consistent with past bottles.
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