only a short decant and the wine poured light and almost delicate - very unusual! but really quite delicious - it did start to "fill" in the glass quite quickly and ended up a bit of a nothing - it will be fascinating to see how this develops
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Corked. This has always been a funky and very disappointing wine but this time it was nothing but wet socks with some menthol. It became more undrinkable over the course of an hour.
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Much better on day 2 but still not fully coming around. Nice silky texture with notes of kalamata olives, leather, barnyard, and meaty black fruit. At this stage the nose is better that the taste (though is quite bretty). Mid section and finish are short. Not sure more time will really change much but you never know.
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Was expecting a much heavier wine, but this was more elegant on the palate. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of concentration, lots of fruit and well integrated oak. Modern for sure, but with focus. Vivid black cherry, blackberry, mocha, plum and tobacco rise easily from the glass and fan out on the palate. Medium+ tannin and body. The finish is fine but long.
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5/22/2022 - hargy Likes this wine: 90 Points
not much development since the last bottle a year ago - not sure where this going?
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6/7/2021 - hargy Likes this wine: 90 Points
only a short decant and the wine poured light and almost delicate - very unusual! but really quite delicious - it did start to "fill" in the glass quite quickly and ended up a bit of a nothing - it will be fascinating to see how this develops
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2/18/2018 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: flawed
Corked. This has always been a funky and very disappointing wine but this time it was nothing but wet socks with some menthol. It became more undrinkable over the course of an hour.
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1/12/2016 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 93 Points
Much better on day 2 but still not fully coming around. Nice silky texture with notes of kalamata olives, leather, barnyard, and meaty black fruit. At this stage the nose is better that the taste (though is quite bretty). Mid section and finish are short. Not sure more time will really change much but you never know.
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8/25/2015 - tkoby11 wrote: 92 Points
Was expecting a much heavier wine, but this was more elegant on the palate. Don't get me wrong, there is plenty of concentration, lots of fruit and well integrated oak. Modern for sure, but with focus. Vivid black cherry, blackberry, mocha, plum and tobacco rise easily from the glass and fan out on the palate. Medium+ tannin and body. The finish is fine but long.
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