This is a bigger styled wine. Big aromatics of dark fruit and some alcohol. The palate? Leather, dark berry, kind of syrupy, with coffee and lots of intensity through the finish. I really have a hard time tasting wines made in this style now, which is very different from say 6-8 years ago when I drank a lot of this style. I know many people like these wines made this way, I just have lost my taste for them.
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poured via Coravin, very complete wine, full bodied, well integrated oak and tannin contribute to overall textural experience. Still very much alive with good acid and a barely perceived touch of heat from the 15.8% alc. Big fruit here but not overdone, showing some mature berry cobbler aromas and lush mouthfeel. Critical wine medial not wrong about this one and showing decent life ahead for those with some to spare.
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11/27/2020 - mdvillaverde Likes this wine: 94 Points
Still in great shape. Dense, concentrated fruit. Not overly acidic. This is hot and jammy fruit so you have to be in the mood for that.
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8/18/2019 - AlexHop wrote:
Amazing. Rich, bold, but also fresh. Drank from a 1.5L at Washington Wine Auction.
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2/10/2018 - Frank Murray III wrote:
This is a bigger styled wine. Big aromatics of dark fruit and some alcohol. The palate? Leather, dark berry, kind of syrupy, with coffee and lots of intensity through the finish. I really have a hard time tasting wines made in this style now, which is very different from say 6-8 years ago when I drank a lot of this style. I know many people like these wines made this way, I just have lost my taste for them.
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10/3/2016 - Matt and Rebecca wrote: 93 Points
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5/26/2016 - CotoDC Likes this wine: 95 Points
poured via Coravin, very complete wine, full bodied, well integrated oak and tannin contribute to overall textural experience. Still very much alive with good acid and a barely perceived touch of heat from the 15.8% alc. Big fruit here but not overdone, showing some mature berry cobbler aromas and lush mouthfeel. Critical wine medial not wrong about this one and showing decent life ahead for those with some to spare.
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