Yes, amazing, and i think it can still improve. rich decadent Todd Anderson sculpted fruit. Nice touches of vanilla kiss the edges. Try again in 2-3 years.
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Vastly different from last tasting (3 years ago) - was not good. Deep dark red center, red rim with some signs of age. Sweetish nose, blackberry and smoky bacon, black olives, a little porty (but pleasant). Smooth, black cherries, blackberries, good acidity and tannin, integrated wood, alcohol, a little greenness, overall sense of blackberry liquor, good length, slightly gritty finish. Maybe the last bottle was bad, although other tasting notes confirm problems, but I suspect time has made a difference. Drinking well now but will last a few more years and maybe improve a little.
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Deep dark center, no real signs of age on the rim. Strident wood on the nose initially, giving way to blackberry and cream. Less wood flavor in the mouth, motor fruit and intensity (dense flavors). Maybe this gets better, but the wood on the nose is really off putting. Great intensity and extraction of fruit.
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6/12/2021 - 1961Vintage Likes this wine: 97 Points
Still rocking the glass! Wow!
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2/25/2017 - 1961Vintage Likes this wine: 97 Points
Easily the wine of the night and perhaps the year so far. Exotic on the nose. Cedar, delicious fruit...and what a finish.
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3/26/2016 - 1961Vintage Likes this wine: 95 Points
Yes, amazing, and i think it can still improve. rich decadent Todd Anderson sculpted fruit. Nice touches of vanilla kiss the edges. Try again in 2-3 years.
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5/6/2014 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 89 Points
Vastly different from last tasting (3 years ago) - was not good.
Deep dark red center, red rim with some signs of age.
Sweetish nose, blackberry and smoky bacon, black olives, a little porty (but pleasant).
Smooth, black cherries, blackberries, good acidity and tannin, integrated wood, alcohol, a little greenness, overall sense of blackberry liquor, good length, slightly gritty finish.
Maybe the last bottle was bad, although other tasting notes confirm problems, but I suspect time has made a difference. Drinking well now but will last a few more years and maybe improve a little.
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10/6/2011 - pdadams66 wrote: 83 Points
Deep dark center, no real signs of age on the rim.
Strident wood on the nose initially, giving way to blackberry and cream.
Less wood flavor in the mouth, motor fruit and intensity (dense flavors).
Maybe this gets better, but the wood on the nose is really off putting. Great intensity and extraction of fruit.
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