The wine has substantially improved since last tasting. The taste now has a smoky fruit, with some earthiness and spice. It is fairly balanced and finishes medium long on earthy plums and berries.
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This wine is still closed on the nose and the palate with very unripe berries and plums with a slight ripeness. Hopefully with age it will open up and be more like a Burgundy. It is completely lacking in spice and just might not be a very good wine.
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12/15/2015 - johnwine Likes this wine: 90 Points
The wine has substantially improved since last tasting. The taste now has a smoky fruit, with some earthiness and spice. It is fairly balanced and finishes medium long on earthy plums and berries.
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1/27/2014 - johnwine Likes this wine: 86 Points
I have given up on this wine ever getting ripe fruit. It seems to never mature in that regard.
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12/1/2012 - johnwine Likes this wine: 89 Points
This wine has been very closed and acidic over the years but is now opening up with a lovely, smokey, plummy fruit. Thus I have rated it higher.
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1/3/2011 - johnwine Likes this wine: 88 Points
This wine is developing a little but still too astringint and lacking ripe fruit.
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2/4/2009 - johnwine wrote: 86 Points
This wine is still closed on the nose and the palate with very unripe berries and plums with a slight ripeness. Hopefully with age it will open up and be more like a Burgundy. It is completely lacking in spice and just might not be a very good wine.
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