Decanted an hour and a half. Consumed slowly over the evening. Red Cherry. Currant. Blue fruit. Gravel. Warm Pine. Mocha. Round in the mouth, bordering on too smooth. Hesitate to use "syrupy", so I won't. But I guess I thought about it. An obviously well constructed wine, if not my preferred style.
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SQN Dinner (Jordan's Place - Chicago IL): In 06-07 flight. Lush and spicy with rich red and black plum and cherry. There is an enchanting start that ends with an even bigger, more robust finish. Very food now with upside.
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2nd bottle of this....slow ox'd for 2 hours and enjoyed over 2 more. Lighter Cardinal red in the glass. Loads of bright red cherries and over the course of a few hours more smokey barrel char emerges. HMC nailed it as an '07, but the varietal eluded everyone. This is a very nice wine, however I can't help but think it's a good bit overpriced. For $100, it would be very nice. Luckily, I got my 2 bottles at quite the discount, not the going rate today. This appears to be another case of too much hype, overall. Nice, but not GREAT! Or maybe its best years are behind it? Lori's fav!
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2/23/2024 - realstevebeam wrote:
Decanted an hour and a half. Consumed slowly over the evening.
Red Cherry. Currant. Blue fruit. Gravel. Warm Pine. Mocha. Round in the mouth, bordering on too smooth. Hesitate to use "syrupy", so I won't. But I guess I thought about it. An obviously well constructed wine, if not my preferred style.
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12/21/2023 - MonacoMik wrote: 97 Points
My next pre 2010 SQN victim of the week (3rd to be correct) of my Hong Kong shopping spree.
A few hours decant and it was just shining - smooth white chocolate black raspberry black cherry & subtle graphite.
Super yummy and think it is at its peak now!
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4/16/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 94 Points
SQN Dinner (Jordan's Place - Chicago IL): In 06-07 flight. Lush and spicy with rich red and black plum and cherry. There is an enchanting start that ends with an even bigger, more robust finish. Very food now with upside.
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12/15/2022 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 95 Points
2nd bottle of this....slow ox'd for 2 hours and enjoyed over 2 more. Lighter Cardinal red in the glass. Loads of bright red cherries and over the course of a few hours more smokey barrel char emerges. HMC nailed it as an '07, but the varietal eluded everyone. This is a very nice wine, however I can't help but think it's a good bit overpriced. For $100, it would be very nice. Luckily, I got my 2 bottles at quite the discount, not the going rate today. This appears to be another case of too much hype, overall. Nice, but not GREAT! Or maybe its best years are behind it? Lori's fav!
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11/4/2022 - Snoman wrote:
Wow. Amazing balance and integration, nearly perfect at this level of maturity. Versatile and memorable.
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