At Rainer’s birthday dinner. No formal notes. Dark ruby colour. Sweet red and dark fruit, pastille, herbal notes and spices, with lowish acidity, ripe tannin and good length. The wine showed some heat from the alcohol, but was well-balanced overall, with good concentration and complexity. Hedonistic and not for the long haul, but very good now.
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6/15/2023 - jdesimone4 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Getting on as with the 09 but surprisingly still in good shape. This has been a fantastic wine for 10 years but drink it now
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4/6/2022 - Ridgerunner Likes this wine: 92 Points
Impressive for your basic bottle of juice from this source
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11/22/2021 - Doanebob Does not like this wine: 87 Points
Surprisingly fruity for the age. Tannins smoothed but still there. Unfortunately alcohol dominates this wine so it is unbalanced.
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11/30/2019 - PSPatrick wrote: 91 Points
At Rainer’s birthday dinner. No formal notes. Dark ruby colour. Sweet red and dark fruit, pastille, herbal notes and spices, with lowish acidity, ripe tannin and good length. The wine showed some heat from the alcohol, but was well-balanced overall, with good concentration and complexity. Hedonistic and not for the long haul, but very good now.
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11/17/2019 - Ridgerunner Likes this wine: 91 Points
Good berries on the palate with medium concentration
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