Very, very good showing for this wine. Opened a few hours early, poured off a taste and decided not to decant until right before serving. Complex on the nose with gentle old stewed red fruits, and secondary wet leaves and soil tones, and a musky note running underneath it all. Really a lovely nose, pungent and compelling. The palate is great too, showing the maturity and complexity that is suggested by the nose. Good density and no excess, and quite long. Very, very good wine.
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A close second in this terrific flight, with dark fruit profile I found extremely appealing. Just a touch rougher compared to the silky and refined RSV.
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Precise wine, very clean and well delineated. Needed only a short time to breathe, and then maintained its excellent character all evening. Good now and plenty of stuffing to last many years.
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A very good bottle of this provided by Ben Wallace at dinner at Crabtree Kittle House. Plenty of vigor with the high acidity of the vintage but it's balanced with good richness of black cherry fruit and lots of earthy depth. Finishes crisp and grippy with complex notes of minerals and Vosne-like spices.
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1/22/2023 - brooklynguy Likes this wine:
Very, very good showing for this wine. Opened a few hours early, poured off a taste and decided not to decant until right before serving. Complex on the nose with gentle old stewed red fruits, and secondary wet leaves and soil tones, and a musky note running underneath it all. Really a lovely nose, pungent and compelling. The palate is great too, showing the maturity and complexity that is suggested by the nose. Good density and no excess, and quite long. Very, very good wine.
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2/7/2021 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
A close second in this terrific flight, with dark fruit profile I found extremely appealing. Just a touch rougher compared to the silky and refined RSV.
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2/2/2020 - Alex G. Likes this wine:
Precise wine, very clean and well delineated. Needed only a short time to breathe, and then maintained its excellent character all evening. Good now and plenty of stuffing to last many years.
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6/4/2019 - dream Likes this wine: 92 Points
A very good bottle of this provided by Ben Wallace at dinner at Crabtree Kittle House. Plenty of vigor with the high acidity of the vintage but it's balanced with good richness of black cherry fruit and lots of earthy depth. Finishes crisp and grippy with complex notes of minerals and Vosne-like spices.
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4/17/2017 - jww Likes this wine: 92 Points
light brown color
slightly metallic nose
still crisp despite its age light tannins but fruit still present
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