Significant bottle to bottle variation. After a tasting in 2011 I thought the wine was fine with good balance and a good buy. After a 2019 tasting I thought it unpleasant, very woody, with minimal fruit. The current bottle was fine. it had a touch of wood, a bit of acid but for the most part it was nicely balanced with plum flavor predominating. The wine was dark red. There was no bouquet. I have nine more bottles.
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This bottle was unpleasant. It was very woody. Even with a day under vacuum it was unbalanced. A prior bottle in 2011 was much better balanced. The color was dark red with no signs of oxidation. There was no bouquet. The initial flavor was of raw wood with some fruit. After a day under vacuum the woody overtones had diminished and there was more pronounced fruit but I cannot say it was enjoyable.
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The wine looks Crimson colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Black Pepper, and Stoniness. It tastes like and Black currant (cassis). The body is Medium/Full. The wine has Polished texture. The wine finishes Medium.
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5/24/2020 - dssmith wrote: 88 Points
Significant bottle to bottle variation. After a tasting in 2011 I thought the wine was fine with good balance and a good buy. After a 2019 tasting I thought it unpleasant, very woody, with minimal fruit. The current bottle was fine. it had a touch of wood, a bit of acid but for the most part it was nicely balanced with plum flavor predominating. The wine was dark red. There was no bouquet. I have nine more bottles.
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7/20/2019 - dssmith wrote: 79 Points
This bottle was unpleasant. It was very woody. Even with a day under vacuum it was unbalanced. A prior bottle in 2011 was much better balanced. The color was dark red with no signs of oxidation. There was no bouquet. The initial flavor was of raw wood with some fruit. After a day under vacuum the woody overtones had diminished and there was more pronounced fruit but I cannot say it was enjoyable.
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12/27/2012 - Baudelaire wrote: 88 Points
Plum-prune, raisin, and a bit of tar on the nose. Dried cherry, black cherry, graphite on the palate, with a touch of oak and a mouth watering finish.
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12/27/2012 - Baudelaire wrote: 87 Points
Plum-prune, raisin, and a bit of tar on the nose. Dried cherry, black cherry, graphite on the palate, with a touch of oak and a mouth watering finish.
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6/29/2012 - JReese84 Likes this wine:
Excellent value/everyday drinking Bordeaux.
The wine looks Crimson colored. The legs are Medium. It smells like Black Pepper, and Stoniness. It tastes like and Black currant (cassis). The body is Medium/Full. The wine has Polished texture. The wine finishes Medium.
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