Last of 4 bottles. Last consumed 2 years ago. Tense black cherry, bright raspberry, some burnt embers, wet rocks, cardamom, and leather. The palate shows off finely grained tannins, beautifully abundant acidity, with a long and tense finish...even for a 16 year old wine. Drink now through 2022+. Delicious.
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Took a while to open up. Spicy and leathery on the nose, limited but pretty sweet red fruit smell, mostly cherry. Rich but tangy in the mouth. Tannins well integrated but still present. Excellent wine, completely ready. Drink up.
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Opened a few days ago, drinking a glass or 2 a day, TN is from today. The color on this 14 yr old BdM shows dark ruby at the core, fading to a medium-intensity rusty-brown color at the rim. The nose shows off dark chocolate, a hint of green coffee beans, and some deep red and black cherry fruit aromas. Smells a bit kirsch-y, almost syrupy. The palate reveals a medium-bodied wine with resolving tannins and refreshing acidity, with black and red cherry fruit, raspberry, orange zest, violets, and espresso. This wine is mature and drinking nicely, and should continue to do so through 2022 or so.
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4/2/2020 - drrobvino wrote: 91 Points
Last of 4 bottles. Last consumed 2 years ago.
Tense black cherry, bright raspberry, some burnt embers, wet rocks, cardamom, and leather.
The palate shows off finely grained tannins, beautifully abundant acidity, with a long and tense finish...even for a 16 year old wine.
Drink now through 2022+. Delicious.
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6/1/2019 - lepetitchateau wrote: 88 Points
Not ideal storage, so hard to say what this is really like. It was fine but more coarse than desired.
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4/12/2019 - jonathanknowles Likes this wine: 90 Points
Took a while to open up. Spicy and leathery on the nose, limited but pretty sweet red fruit smell, mostly cherry. Rich but tangy in the mouth. Tannins well integrated but still present. Excellent wine, completely ready. Drink up.
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9/13/2018 - psi wrote: 93 Points
This wine is just much better from magnum. My last. Great, great experience with a handful of friends.
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2/16/2018 - drrobvino wrote: 91 Points
Opened a few days ago, drinking a glass or 2 a day, TN is from today.
The color on this 14 yr old BdM shows dark ruby at the core, fading to a medium-intensity rusty-brown color at the rim.
The nose shows off dark chocolate, a hint of green coffee beans, and some deep red and black cherry fruit aromas. Smells a bit kirsch-y, almost syrupy.
The palate reveals a medium-bodied wine with resolving tannins and refreshing acidity, with black and red cherry fruit, raspberry, orange zest, violets, and espresso.
This wine is mature and drinking nicely, and should continue to do so through 2022 or so.
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