Aromatic nose of sour cherry, pandan. Impressive with the nose with good expressive notes but palate was lacking. Simple straightforward with sour cherries finish ends with some bitterness. Good daily drink.
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Big nose of vanilla, caramel, confected fruits and worn chest. The palate shows a lot of ripe sweet fruit and firm tannins that builds in the mouth. Very plush, a bit much in my opinion. Nice gamey notes, butter, bold wood notes with touches of herbal characteristics. Full bodied and rich.
drinks nicely now but I would hold this a few years. Drink 2011 - 2016. Real ripe and tastes manufactured. 87pst
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moutn-frying acid in this one, and some volaile acidity too. Though I generally don't favor highly acid styles, I can drink them. But this one was a sizzler -- undrinkable w/o food IMO.
82 as it was out of balance.
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Much better than its price would suggest. Enough Chianti "waxiness" to identify the variety, clear light garnet color, good fruit and body. Well balanced. A nice surprise.
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12/30/2011 - astroman wrote: 90 Points
Aromatic nose of sour cherry, pandan. Impressive with the nose with good expressive notes but palate was lacking. Simple straightforward with sour cherries finish ends with some bitterness. Good daily drink.
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11/19/2009 - dre wrote: 87 Points
Big nose of vanilla, caramel, confected fruits and worn chest.
The palate shows a lot of ripe sweet fruit and firm tannins that builds in the mouth. Very plush, a bit much in my opinion. Nice gamey notes, butter, bold wood notes with touches of herbal characteristics. Full bodied and rich.
drinks nicely now but I would hold this a few years. Drink 2011 - 2016.
Real ripe and tastes manufactured. 87pst
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10/21/2009 - Badgerwino wrote:
Used the Venturi airator for pop and pour with pizza. Worked like a charm. Interested to see where it will be day two.
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7/14/2009 - hankj wrote: 82 Points
moutn-frying acid in this one, and some volaile acidity too. Though I generally don't favor highly acid styles, I can drink them. But this one was a sizzler -- undrinkable w/o food IMO.
82 as it was out of balance.
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7/7/2009 - dkremer wrote: 88 Points
Much better than its price would suggest. Enough Chianti "waxiness" to identify the variety, clear light garnet color, good fruit and body. Well balanced. A nice surprise.
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