Good nose of underbrush and lightly roasted herbs, meaty aromas & dark RED fruits. A tad hot at first, but opened up nicely after 30min. Nice integrated fruit flavors with cherries/berries/raspberries, nicely balanced with a range of flavors incl hints of sage, olive, underbrush & graphite (yes, even a hint of chocolate). Liklley the age allows for the integration. Not very deep or overly powerful, but with finess & style. Tasted it along with a flight of Pinots at VinVolo Wine BAr at Washington Dulles Airport. Liked it enough to buy a bottle, which tastes very consistent witht the tasting I had. A solid 88+. Would buy again!
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2/12/2012 - hankj wrote: 91 Points
a little one dimensional, but drinking perfectly right now with a little whiff oxidative Burg character. Could go longer if that's your thing.
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7/15/2011 - hjrich wrote: 93 Points
Really enjoyable. More Burgundian in style, had a great nose and bright cherry flavors.
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5/28/2011 - MoTheMan wrote: 88 Points
Good nose of underbrush and lightly roasted herbs, meaty aromas & dark RED fruits.
A tad hot at first, but opened up nicely after 30min.
Nice integrated fruit flavors with cherries/berries/raspberries, nicely balanced with a range of flavors incl hints of sage, olive, underbrush & graphite (yes, even a hint of chocolate).
Liklley the age allows for the integration.
Not very deep or overly powerful, but with finess & style.
Tasted it along with a flight of Pinots at VinVolo Wine BAr at Washington Dulles Airport. Liked it enough to buy a bottle, which tastes very consistent witht the tasting I had.
A solid 88+. Would buy again!
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