For a Bordeaux blend with equal amounts of cab and merlot, this wine is exceptionally dark, opaque really, with a brick red color that extends right to the rim. Highly extracted color but not powerfully aromatic. Nose is a nice balance of tertiary aromas-cedar and leather with black fruit and spice. Full bodied, even gritty with drying tannins that add complexity to the aging profile and a tart acidity that balances all of these elements. A mouthfull, this wine does not strike me as food friendly, better as the "featured wine" after the meal. Medium, nicely balanced fruit-driven finish.
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7/25/2023 - cgoumas Likes this wine: 90 Points
Still good, but not getting better. A bit of bricking at the edge that blew off after 10 minutes.
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8/26/2022 - shafer1994 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Superdark color. Still fruity nose. Concentrated but elegant, blueberries, espresso and vanilla notes. Wonderful soft finish, silky.
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12/20/2020 - Luca_Albanese wrote:
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3/31/2019 - Ben.Shank Likes this wine: 92 Points
Was wine if the night tasting through all vintages from 2003 - 2016.
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1/29/2018 - hosscrow Likes this wine: 91 Points
For a Bordeaux blend with equal amounts of cab and merlot, this wine is exceptionally dark, opaque really, with a brick red color that extends right to the rim. Highly extracted color but not powerfully aromatic. Nose is a nice balance of tertiary aromas-cedar and leather with black fruit and spice. Full bodied, even gritty with drying tannins that add complexity to the aging profile and a tart acidity that balances all of these elements. A mouthfull, this wine does not strike me as food friendly, better as the "featured wine" after the meal. Medium, nicely balanced fruit-driven finish.
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