Awful. Poured down drain. I missed this one because the nose was terrific, earthy, licorice, coffee, chocolate. .. fruit was completely GONE. Entered the palate like water.
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This bottle was much better than the last badly flawed one although not up to the standard of the best. It was different from any of the previous in that there were attractive cherry notes that I don't recall. However, perhaps I'm getting paranoid because I fancied that I detected background notes which presaged a degeneration of the sort noted in the last and one other bottle. Nevertheless still enjoyable. I don't think that I'll buy any more of these bottles because they have been too variable.
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This was the worst bottle so far showing obvious signs of degeneration such as oxidative cabbage aromas in addition to the strong prune notes noted on an earlier bottle. A mini heat wave here may not have helped; bottles like this one outside my full wine fridges have been exposed to temperatures of around 23°C for several days.
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Neither the best nor the worst of these bottles. Slightly slimmer than the best though still fruity and enjoyable with hints of coming oxidation in the last glass
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1/9/2016 - csnyder612 Does not like this wine: 60 Points
Awful. Poured down drain. I missed this one because the nose was terrific, earthy, licorice, coffee, chocolate. .. fruit was completely GONE. Entered the palate like water.
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7/28/2014 - eboracum wrote: 85 Points
This bottle was much better than the last badly flawed one although not up to the standard of the best. It was different from any of the previous in that there were attractive cherry notes that I don't recall. However, perhaps I'm getting paranoid because I fancied that I detected background notes which presaged a degeneration of the sort noted in the last and one other bottle. Nevertheless still enjoyable. I don't think that I'll buy any more of these bottles because they have been too variable.
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7/23/2014 - eboracum wrote: flawed
This was the worst bottle so far showing obvious signs of degeneration such as oxidative cabbage aromas in addition to the strong prune notes noted on an earlier bottle. A mini heat wave here may not have helped; bottles like this one outside my full wine fridges have been exposed to temperatures of around 23°C for several days.
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6/16/2014 - eboracum Likes this wine:
Neither the best nor the worst of these bottles. Slightly slimmer than the best though still fruity and enjoyable with hints of coming oxidation in the last glass
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5/9/2014 - bhouk Likes this wine:
Fantastic wine, pure silk. Baking spices and ripe plum. Drinking exceptionally well.
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