Some wines one has to try. The top shoulder level, fully wet work that fell in the bottle on the first touch of the corkscrew. So a lot of questions here if the bottle we had is indeed characteristic of the wine or not but the wine felt healthy and no noticeable faults so we went along. The nose is full mature, earthy, leathery . The palate soft, fragile in a way and quite short on the finish . The total experience though was a very happy one for old wine baffoons like us. Felt like a happy 91 but we will not rate as not sure this was characteristic of the wine. And drink sooner than later.
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This wine is famtastic! I have have a case left. Barnyard nose on opening. Took 2 hours to open up well. Deep color with brown edges. Strong fruit, plum, cassis. Long long finish. One of the best wines I've ever had.
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Plenty of life left in this. Bottle level in base of neck, but liquid still dark, with only a trace of bricking at the rim. Nose slightly muted at first, but grows to show strawberries and dried flowers. Floral on the palate too, and very soft. A pleasure to drink, but lacks the impact and deliciousness of truly top-drawer Bordeaux.
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2/25/2023 - Papies wrote:
Some wines one has to try. The top shoulder level, fully wet work that fell in the bottle on the first touch of the corkscrew. So a lot of questions here if the bottle we had is indeed characteristic of the wine or not but the wine felt healthy and no noticeable faults so we went along. The nose is full mature, earthy, leathery . The palate soft, fragile in a way and quite short on the finish . The total experience though was a very happy one for old wine baffoons like us. Felt like a happy 91 but we will not rate as not sure this was characteristic of the wine. And drink sooner than later.
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2/23/2022 - EJDALEwine Likes this wine: 96 Points
This wine is famtastic! I have have a case left. Barnyard nose on opening. Took 2 hours to open up well. Deep color with brown edges. Strong fruit, plum, cassis. Long long finish. One of the best wines I've ever had.
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7/14/2020 - aquacongas Likes this wine: 95 Points
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I was really impressed, I guessed a "big name". Powerful, fine acidity, some blackcurrant left but with fleshieness of the merlot. 94-95
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6/24/2020 - Sean Tay wrote:
Truffle, mushroom, earth, cooked red fruits, plum, fig, medium+ acidity, medium tannin. Drinking very well. Very enjoyable.
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10/26/2019 - NickA Likes this wine: 91 Points
Plenty of life left in this. Bottle level in base of neck, but liquid still dark, with only a trace of bricking at the rim. Nose slightly muted at first, but grows to show strawberries and dried flowers. Floral on the palate too, and very soft. A pleasure to drink, but lacks the impact and deliciousness of truly top-drawer Bordeaux.
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