A youthful, vibrant nose, showing power with restraint. An immediate nose of blackberries and cream. The oak is secondary and well integrated at this point. On the palate, subtle vanilla bean, tongue numbing anise and more blackberries and cream. The tannins are fully integrated as this wine has come into its prime. I am glad I have a few more bottles, this is a gorgeous wine.
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The nose is big and dark, showing blackberry syrup poured across asphalt. Some heat shows in the background, mixed in with some eucalyptus and gingerbread. I'm generally pretty excited about eucalyptus on the nose. Some nice blackberry flavors and spice hit the palate on contact, and they drop quickly as big acidity dries things out in the middle. Dark blackberries and grapefruit then rise back up again on the finish, which makes every taste pretty interesting.
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This was very good. Richer dark and red fruit, dark chocolate. Nice oak integration, very smooth body with a medium weight. Light tannins with some strong but balanced acidity. Overall delicious, very smooth.
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1/31/2020 - Atwellian wrote: 86 Points
Deep purple red. Rich nose, plum and blackberry. Decent front end, some bitter cherry. Smooth. Does not finish well, weak and past prime.
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5/15/2014 - BklynNeophyte wrote: 81 Points
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5/15/2012 - amwood34 wrote: 91 Points
A youthful, vibrant nose, showing power with restraint. An immediate nose of blackberries and cream. The oak is secondary and well integrated at this point. On the palate, subtle vanilla bean, tongue numbing anise and more blackberries and cream. The tannins are fully integrated as this wine has come into its prime. I am glad I have a few more bottles, this is a gorgeous wine.
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11/27/2010 - subtlet Likes this wine: 90 Points
The nose is big and dark, showing blackberry syrup poured across asphalt. Some heat shows in the background, mixed in with some eucalyptus and gingerbread. I'm generally pretty excited about eucalyptus on the nose. Some nice blackberry flavors and spice hit the palate on contact, and they drop quickly as big acidity dries things out in the middle. Dark blackberries and grapefruit then rise back up again on the finish, which makes every taste pretty interesting.
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11/27/2009 - gripNsip wrote: 89 Points
This was very good. Richer dark and red fruit, dark chocolate. Nice oak integration, very smooth body with a medium weight. Light tannins with some strong but balanced acidity. Overall delicious, very smooth.
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