Three decades of Screaming Eagle: As with many of these very ripe Napa vintages, I don't believe in their ageworthiness. This was very ripe, showed some plums, prunes, williams, creme de cassis and fruit in rum. Good, but rather to drink now than to keep
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A private tasting and dinner (Restaurant Fitzgerald *, Rotterdam, NL): Playful and powerful, concentrated but so elegant and precise, ripe blackcurrant and flowers, cassis leaf, glossy and delicately autumnal, harmonious, perfectly integrated oak, firm but extremely finely grained tannins, hints of red meat, real depth, extremely long and layered finish. A masterpiece.
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A pre-50 pre Birthday Celebration; 6/9/2023-6/11/2023 (Around Zurich Area): Tasted blind with no decanting. Andreas went do Quintarelli Alzero 2010 and Nicol for an 15y Amarone! Punchy , ripe, juicy very much a dark fruited mix and on open slightly porty. We are not sure what to further say here but maybe this requires a long decant or maybe it’s just far too young albeit not austere or harsh. At this age is definitely not our style.
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Intense power balanced by elegance is at play here. Deep and dark in color, the nose and palate, there is a serious depth of flavor here. Opulent, dense, earthy, ripe, and very ripe, the black and blue fruits, licorice, chocolate, hints of flowers, smoke, licorice and coffee kept on coming on the nose and palate. The finish retained its depth of flavor for over 60 seconds. There was a minor touch of heat but the wealth of fruit overwhelmed it and within a few seconds, you forgot all about it as you focused on everything else that was going on in the wine.
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3/2/2024 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
La Paulée de Los Angeles Gala Dinner (The Fairmont - Santa Monica CA): Small glass. Yes, somebody poured this at La Paulée, and yes, it was very, very tasty.
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2/28/2024 - G_H wrote: 93 Points
Three decades of Screaming Eagle: As with many of these very ripe Napa vintages, I don't believe in their ageworthiness. This was very ripe, showed some plums, prunes, williams, creme de cassis and fruit in rum. Good, but rather to drink now than to keep
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9/27/2023 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 98 Points
A private tasting and dinner (Restaurant Fitzgerald *, Rotterdam, NL): Playful and powerful, concentrated but so elegant and precise, ripe blackcurrant and flowers, cassis leaf, glossy and delicately autumnal, harmonious, perfectly integrated oak, firm but extremely finely grained tannins, hints of red meat, real depth, extremely long and layered finish. A masterpiece.
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6/11/2023 - Papies wrote: 93 Points
A pre-50 pre Birthday Celebration; 6/9/2023-6/11/2023 (Around Zurich Area): Tasted blind with no decanting.
Andreas went do Quintarelli Alzero 2010 and Nicol for an 15y Amarone!
Punchy , ripe, juicy very much a dark fruited mix and on open slightly porty. We are not sure what to further say here but maybe this requires a long decant or maybe it’s just far too young albeit not austere or harsh. At this age is definitely not our style.
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12/6/2021 - Jeff Leve wrote: 99 Points
Intense power balanced by elegance is at play here. Deep and dark in color, the nose and palate, there is a serious depth of flavor here. Opulent, dense, earthy, ripe, and very ripe, the black and blue fruits, licorice, chocolate, hints of flowers, smoke, licorice and coffee kept on coming on the nose and palate. The finish retained its depth of flavor for over 60 seconds. There was a minor touch of heat but the wealth of fruit overwhelmed it and within a few seconds, you forgot all about it as you focused on everything else that was going on in the wine.
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