This wine is beautiful. The fruit is brilliant and opulent with perfect balance of all the wine’s components. There is a small amount of sediment in the neck at the top of ullage and in the upper shoulder and tasty silky sediment at the last pouring in the glass. The wine has been well cellared in a dedicated constructed natural room in the northeast corner of our basement and has undergone the gradual temperature and humidity changes of our Maine weather over the past 15+ years. The cork smelled of boysenberry and blueberry with a silky voluptuous mouthfeel and beautifully balanced construct of tannin, acid, alcohol and sweet, sweet fruit. If only we could have shared this treasure with our good friends. But then again, there was only one bottle. Call us selfish.
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Somewhat disappointing after the last 2 bottles of this wine. Red fruits, berries and some heat on the nose when first opened. The palate was medium to full bodied, but a little disjointed and jammy. Improved a somewhat over 3 hours, but not the wine that I scored 92 and 93 in previous tastings. Still a nice wine though.
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9/21/2019 - Josch48 Likes this wine: 95 Points
This wine is beautiful. The fruit is brilliant and opulent with perfect balance of all the wine’s components. There is a small amount of sediment in the neck at the top of ullage and in the upper shoulder and tasty silky sediment at the last pouring in the glass.
The wine has been well cellared in a dedicated constructed natural room in the northeast corner of our basement and has undergone the gradual temperature and humidity changes of our Maine weather over the past 15+ years.
The cork smelled of boysenberry and blueberry with a silky voluptuous mouthfeel and beautifully balanced construct of tannin, acid, alcohol and sweet, sweet fruit.
If only we could have shared this treasure with our good friends. But then again, there was only one bottle. Call us selfish.
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11/20/2011 - mb5024 wrote: 88 Points
Needed to decant more.
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11/27/2010 - kreuter wrote:
Excellent
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8/8/2009 - bmarshall wrote: 88 Points
Somewhat disappointing after the last 2 bottles of this wine. Red fruits, berries and some heat on the nose when first opened. The palate was medium to full bodied, but a little disjointed and jammy. Improved a somewhat over 3 hours, but not the wine that I scored 92 and 93 in previous tastings. Still a nice wine though.
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4/5/2009 - bmarshall wrote: 93 Points
Vrey consistent with my previous notes. This wine remains in incredibly great shape. Classic Napa cab that tastes like an $80 bottle.
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