Soft but very dark purple with violet edges. Deep prunes and blackberries on the nose. Tons of bramble on the finish with plum skin and blackberry up front. Very tasty.
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I had a bottle of this about 7 years ago and opened another last night with porcetta. Still drinking amazingly well. Powerful with great dark fruit but not at all tired and had enough acidity to carry the weight of the wine and keep it fresh. I don't see it getting better with time, but no emergency to drink up.
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The bad bottle I had on 9/29 had to be an outlier with a bad seal or something, because this bottle was rocking. I would provide a TN but we all slurped it down so fast it vanished. It is at peak right now though, so drink up.
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Wow. Very nice wine. Very dark, powerful nose with coffee, prunes, plums, soy. Opaque, dusty tannins, med acidity and tannins, full body, complex layers of flavors on the palate. Ripe fruits. Very long finish. It is built to go another 5-7 years easy but it is drinking very very well right now.
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5/4/2021 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 92 Points
Soft but very dark purple with violet edges. Deep prunes and blackberries on the nose. Tons of bramble on the finish with plum skin and blackberry up front. Very tasty.
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9/4/2016 - LT98 wrote: 94 Points
I had a bottle of this about 7 years ago and opened another last night with porcetta. Still drinking amazingly well. Powerful with great dark fruit but not at all tired and had enough acidity to carry the weight of the wine and keep it fresh. I don't see it getting better with time, but no emergency to drink up.
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1/9/2011 - cpoulos wrote: 92 Points
The bad bottle I had on 9/29 had to be an outlier with a bad seal or something, because this bottle was rocking. I would provide a TN but we all slurped it down so fast it vanished. It is at peak right now though, so drink up.
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9/29/2010 - cpoulos wrote: flawed
I was surprised to find this wine quite tired. Oxidized.
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7/5/2008 - french16 wrote: 92 Points
Wow. Very nice wine. Very dark, powerful nose with coffee, prunes, plums, soy.
Opaque, dusty tannins, med acidity and tannins, full body, complex layers of flavors on the palate. Ripe fruits. Very long finish.
It is built to go another 5-7 years easy but it is drinking very very well right now.
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