Drank this last evening with Barbecue chicken thighs. Delicious P S with loads of fruit, licorice and secondary flavor development. I had a bottle of the '07 "The Other" PS a few weeks ago and it was not very good so I was a bit worried. Must have been an off bottle. This bottle was delicious and a step up from previous bottles of this bottling. Drink or hold.
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Opened this about two hours before drinking. Drank with grilled barbecue chicken thighs. Initially the acid seemed to be out of balance for my tastes. toward the end of the bottle seems to have improved some. Plenty of fruit remaining. Hold??
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This is still a very big wine and needs time to open up as it was very tight when first popped the cork. Opened and let it breath in the bottle for about 4-5 hours -- didn't decant it. It finally opened up and softened dramatically after the first 3-4 hours of being opened. Very dark in color. Nice fruit forward but very little finish, which was disappointing. The finished just died rather quickly. If it had a longer finish, I would have given this wine a higher rating.
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9/10/2020 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 91 Points
PnP and drank with grilled barbecue chicken thighs. Nice fruit, good balance, integrated tannin. Drink or hold.
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5/12/2019 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drank this last evening with Barbecue chicken thighs. Delicious P S with loads of fruit, licorice and secondary flavor development. I had a bottle of the '07 "The Other" PS a few weeks ago and it was not very good so I was a bit worried. Must have been an off bottle. This bottle was delicious and a step up from previous bottles of this bottling. Drink or hold.
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3/11/2019 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 89 Points
Opened this about two hours before drinking. Drank with grilled barbecue chicken thighs. Initially the acid seemed to be out of balance for my tastes. toward the end of the bottle seems to have improved some. Plenty of fruit remaining. Hold??
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4/22/2018 - dsimmons wrote: 87 Points
PnP and drank with barbecue ribs. Have to say I was disappointed with this. dominated by tannin and acidity. Some fruit but it was in the background.
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2/17/2015 - stconner wrote: 90 Points
This is still a very big wine and needs time to open up as it was very tight when first popped the cork. Opened and let it breath in the bottle for about 4-5 hours -- didn't decant it. It finally opened up and softened dramatically after the first 3-4 hours of being opened. Very dark in color. Nice fruit forward but very little finish, which was disappointing. The finished just died rather quickly. If it had a longer finish, I would have given this wine a higher rating.
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