Didn’t have high expectations based on the community reviews of this wine (from 9 years ago), but this was an impressive bottle! Definite bricking in the color, but beautiful oak expressions on the nose and delicious black fruit, raisin flavors with some smoke on the understandably diminished finish. Still an impressive amount of tannins present.
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Smells like coffee and chocolate, with a bit of cinnamon French toast. So well balanced = not too tannic or acidic, not too jammy. Dry, slight earth, red fruits and cocoa, gets better as it opens.
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4/8/2019 - kmcfadden Likes this wine: 91 Points
Didn’t have high expectations based on the community reviews of this wine (from 9 years ago), but this was an impressive bottle! Definite bricking in the color, but beautiful oak expressions on the nose and delicious black fruit, raisin flavors with some smoke on the understandably diminished finish. Still an impressive amount of tannins present.
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11/7/2010 - overthetop wrote: 90 Points
Mild tannins, LONG finish. dark red fruit.
Wine is drinking well now, and likely to not get much better - if you have some, drink up!
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1/22/2010 - navybrat wrote: 90 Points
Take a few moments to open up, you won't be disappointed.
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1/3/2010 - mstrickland wrote: 90 Points
Smells like coffee and chocolate, with a bit of cinnamon French toast. So well balanced = not too tannic or acidic, not too jammy. Dry, slight earth, red fruits and cocoa, gets better as it opens.
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