Nose: Raspberries, cherries, smoke, tree bark, and a little musty. Taste: pretty one dimensional, long finish, dark fruit mixed with rocks, mineral, still a bit tannic, went well with a NY strip
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I think folks have been pretty hard on this wine. Dark cherry, earth, tobacco, and chalky tannins that I love. Protypical St. Emillion. This wine will be so much better in a few years. If you dare to open it now, decant for at least 2 hrs.
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Bordeaux is either amazing or average. This is the latter. Weak, thin, and with off aromas (definite barnyard notes especially initially). Perhaps a combination of vintage and pedigree, but this one is just so so.
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Dark, opaque purple. Nose has lots of dark purple fruit and floral. Once it opened up, there's quite a bit of fruit on palate, mainly dark berries. This wine has big structure and seems quite young still. Finishes with powdered tannins and the fruit locks in for quite a while.
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12/3/2016 - tgatesman Likes this wine: 88 Points
Nose: Raspberries, cherries, smoke, tree bark, and a little musty. Taste: pretty one dimensional, long finish, dark fruit mixed with rocks, mineral, still a bit tannic, went well with a NY strip
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4/30/2013 - scotty_b wrote: 90 Points
Decanted for 1 hour. Black cherry, cigar box, and chalky tannins. Better now vs. a year ago.
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3/16/2012 - scotty_b wrote: 90 Points
I think folks have been pretty hard on this wine. Dark cherry, earth, tobacco, and chalky tannins that I love. Protypical St. Emillion. This wine will be so much better in a few years. If you dare to open it now, decant for at least 2 hrs.
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12/10/2011 - Fateful Destiny Does not like this wine: 86 Points
Bordeaux is either amazing or average. This is the latter. Weak, thin, and with off aromas (definite barnyard notes especially initially). Perhaps a combination of vintage and pedigree, but this one is just so so.
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10/22/2011 - jeremy_ross wrote: 89 Points
Dark, opaque purple. Nose has lots of dark purple fruit and floral. Once it opened up, there's quite a bit of fruit on palate, mainly dark berries. This wine has big structure and seems quite young still. Finishes with powdered tannins and the fruit locks in for quite a while.
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