Beautifully softened. Classic Napa Valley nose & flavours without the overtly huge body we see nowadays. Tobacco, cassis, minerals. Supple, well integrated tannins. An iron hand wrapped in velvet glove.
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i am giving it a very generous 86 points. drank this with ellen and did not really enjoy it as much as id like. i actually remember the regular estaste being better than this one. dissapointing.
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2/23/2023 - Kozakofthewest wrote: flawed
Spoiled
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6/27/2016 - clementc Likes this wine: 93 Points
Beautifully softened. Classic Napa Valley nose & flavours without the overtly huge body we see nowadays. Tobacco, cassis, minerals. Supple, well integrated tannins. An iron hand wrapped in velvet glove.
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3/28/2009 - TwoSmoochies wrote: 88 Points
still good but starting to lose its robustness
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3/25/2008 - dushan wine wrote: 82 Points
maybe waited too long to open this, but the regular 1998 is even better than this reserve
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2/23/2008 - dushan wine wrote: 86 Points
i am giving it a very generous 86 points. drank this with ellen and did not really enjoy it as much as id like. i actually remember the regular estaste being better than this one. dissapointing.
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