Notes of cedar, black fruit and spice. Leather and dark fruit flavors on the palate. Fully-integrated and ready. Develops a terrific floral overtones featuring lavender and violets. On the palate the fruit turns toward the red end of the spectrum. 91-92 pts.
I had pulled this for the Sunday group vertical and didn't open it then so thought I'd serve it double blind to the Saturday group (two couples including Domino and I overlap). The four of us agreed that this showed very well and would have finished in the top half of the Sunday group voting.
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nose - gorgeous nose of dark cherry, maple, and toasty oak mouth - dark fruit, black cherry, with good minerality, but narrow on the midpalate (as opposed to expansive). Still with some tannins on the finish. I'm hard pressed to see any reason to hold my last bottle any longer.
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11/26/2016 - AllRed wrote: 91 Points
Notes of cedar, black fruit and spice. Leather and dark fruit flavors on the palate. Fully-integrated and ready. Develops a terrific floral overtones featuring lavender and violets. On the palate the fruit turns toward the red end of the spectrum. 91-92 pts.
I had pulled this for the Sunday group vertical and didn't open it then so thought I'd serve it double blind to the Saturday group (two couples including Domino and I overlap). The four of us agreed that this showed very well and would have finished in the top half of the Sunday group voting.
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3/11/2012 - mindev wrote: 91 Points
Lovely aromas divine old world terroir from calif
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3/11/2012 - mindev wrote: 91 Points
Nose lasts 30 min in glass blackberry hints
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12/31/2010 - Lipsman wrote: 90 Points
Fleshy, full bodied, rich with dark fruits, mocha, and held together with almost fully resolved tannins. Smooth and easy to drink. -JBL
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4/14/2010 - soyhead wrote: 91 Points
nose - gorgeous nose of dark cherry, maple, and toasty oak
mouth - dark fruit, black cherry, with good minerality, but narrow on the midpalate (as opposed to expansive). Still with some tannins on the finish. I'm hard pressed to see any reason to hold my last bottle any longer.
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