No official score today, enough similar reviews already. This is an in-between bottle --- some very nice aged flavors but also a bit of old-wine flavor. Lots of layered flavors and character with an nice long and dry finish --85-86
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Day 1 : Gigantic wine. Color was an intense opaque blue-black plum color. The first tastes had some harshness that mellowed . There is an olive flavor and heavy brooding black berries and tart fruit. Over a couple hours and several glasses the wine loosened up and Fruit came much more forward. The finish showed here as a smooth but tight tannin and the fruit much in the background. Day 1 rating 86-88 Day 3: The flavor was still big but mostly sweet dark fruits with some chocolate. Some tastes were lucious and melded wonderfully and others were a bit on the acidic side. The finish was howerver very consistent and a lovely smooth chocolatety and dry tanin that lasted a long time. Tastes were highly variable here; Day 3 rating 87-91 Overall this wine needs to see lots of air to develop and when it does develop it shows some super subtleties and cmplexity -- overall rated 89
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1/1/2018 - wtianseter wrote: flawed
Sadley, CORKED
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10/10/2016 - wtianseter wrote:
No official score today, enough similar reviews already. This is an in-between bottle --- some very nice aged flavors but also a bit of old-wine flavor. Lots of layered flavors and character with an nice long and dry finish --85-86
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11/30/2015 - wtianseter wrote: 85 Points
Big fruit but this bottle was a bit beyond its peak, still good but its complex character was minimized
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12/31/2013 - beeperr wrote: 93 Points
Wow. Stock up.
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1/28/2013 - wtianseter Likes this wine: 89 Points
Day 1 : Gigantic wine. Color was an intense opaque blue-black plum color. The first tastes had some harshness that mellowed . There is an olive flavor and heavy brooding black berries and tart fruit. Over a couple hours and several glasses the wine loosened up and Fruit came much more forward. The finish showed here as a smooth but tight tannin and the fruit much in the background. Day 1 rating 86-88
Day 3: The flavor was still big but mostly sweet dark fruits with some chocolate. Some tastes were lucious and melded wonderfully and others were a bit on the acidic side. The finish was howerver very consistent and a lovely smooth chocolatety and dry tanin that lasted a long time. Tastes were highly variable here; Day 3 rating 87-91
Overall this wine needs to see lots of air to develop and when it does develop it shows some super subtleties and cmplexity -- overall rated 89
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