This is more reductive than the last bottle. The fruit is still pure although slightly faded and the tertiary aromatics are seductive, but she finishes slightly awkward and the sense is of a wine that's now on the slide.
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Farmyard and reduction on the nose. Round and supple Tart dark fruits on the palate before typical 2008 acidity scythes through. There is a fabulously spicy blueberry and chocolate note on the finish. This is maturing nicely and will be lovely to drink up over the next 5 years.
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Really classic burgundy nose with sweet fruit and a whiff of the farmyard, which made me full of excited anticipation, but frustratingly, it fails to deliver that early promise. Good initial fruit in the mouth but very short finish in which there is little sign of any sweetness, just dry tannins. Opened up a bit more in the glass but the finish remained implacably thin and unyielding. This is my second bottle, but the first, a year ago was the same. Its best showing was with a simple roast meat dish, which was more forgiving. Not much chance of improvement now I would say.
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5/18/2018 - Will Devize wrote: 87 Points
This is more reductive than the last bottle. The fruit is still pure although slightly faded and the tertiary aromatics are seductive, but she finishes slightly awkward and the sense is of a wine that's now on the slide.
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4/1/2018 - kingkanu wrote:
The fruits good, but there’s still a touch of reduction lingering, after this time it may not resolve, a shame as there’s some pretty fruit here
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4/11/2017 - Will Devize wrote: 90 Points
Farmyard and reduction on the nose. Round and supple Tart dark fruits on the palate before typical 2008 acidity scythes through. There is a fabulously spicy blueberry and chocolate note on the finish. This is maturing nicely and will be lovely to drink up over the next 5 years.
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5/14/2016 - Nunc_est_bibendum Likes this wine: 89 Points
Really classic burgundy nose with sweet fruit and a whiff of the farmyard, which made me full of excited anticipation, but frustratingly, it fails to deliver that early promise. Good initial fruit in the mouth but very short finish in which there is little sign of any sweetness, just dry tannins. Opened up a bit more in the glass but the finish remained implacably thin and unyielding. This is my second bottle, but the first, a year ago was the same. Its best showing was with a simple roast meat dish, which was more forgiving. Not much chance of improvement now I would say.
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4/16/2015 - Kriz wrote: 87 Points
It has berry sweetness, depth but is also alcoholic. Not a bad effort but also not al very balanced wine.
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