Only wine I have ever tasted that unequivocally smelled like chocolate truffles and continued to smell (and taste) like chocolate truffles taste after sip after taste after sip after taste. Mind-blowingly delicious (I love chocolate). I still cannot believe it! And yes I understand completely if you cannot believe it either. (The bottle was opened at a fundraiser for a nonprofit that raises funds for music education, www.mbird.org, and I am forever in the debt of the generous host for bringing/donating it from his cellar.) The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like chocolate. It tastes like chocolate. The body is medium. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.
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Rich red and black fruit. Many strong notes of age: cigar ash, oak, tobacco, spices. On the palate, a nuttiness with red fruit. Some minerality, tar, and spice on the finish. Medium high tannins, medium acidity. Long, lingering finish.
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Joli vin, malheureusement un peu gâché par une légère note de bouchon. Sans cela, on aurait eu affaire à une très jolie bouteille. Grosse concentration, aucune urgence à le boire.
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12/29/2022 - cdirksen Likes this wine: 93 Points
Only wine I have ever tasted that unequivocally smelled like chocolate truffles and continued to smell (and taste) like chocolate truffles taste after sip after taste after sip after taste. Mind-blowingly delicious (I love chocolate). I still cannot believe it! And yes I understand completely if you cannot believe it either. (The bottle was opened at a fundraiser for a nonprofit that raises funds for music education, www.mbird.org, and I am forever in the debt of the generous host for bringing/donating it from his cellar.)
The wine looks ruby colored. The legs are medium. There is no sediment in the bottle. It smells like chocolate. It tastes like chocolate. The body is medium. The wine has silky texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has low acidity.
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12/26/2018 - DaleW wrote:
Decanted a couple hours before dinner. Warm red fruits, tar, sandalwood spice. Medium bodied, resolved tannin, lively acids. Drinking well. A-/B+
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9/22/2018 - ivsimler Likes this wine: 85 Points
Past its prime. It still had some flavor, but it was going away rapidly.
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11/29/2017 - jwilliams6 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Rich red and black fruit. Many strong notes of age: cigar ash, oak, tobacco, spices. On the palate, a nuttiness with red fruit. Some minerality, tar, and spice on the finish. Medium high tannins, medium acidity. Long, lingering finish.
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7/30/2016 - Axone wrote: flawed
Joli vin, malheureusement un peu gâché par une légère note de bouchon.
Sans cela, on aurait eu affaire à une très jolie bouteille.
Grosse concentration, aucune urgence à le boire.
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