A touch of volatile acidity on the nose goes with faint notes of oxidation. This is a soft wine now, without much complexity, and evidently on its way down hill. A wine like this should really last this long, but it does not seem to have made it all in one piece. A bit disappointing...
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This seems to be aging reasonably well, with some secondary flavors emerging as the almost thick primary character of the fruit subsides a bit. This also shows its slightly high alcohol a bit more than it did. The wine is not gaining any more finesse, but it might be best to resample this in a couple of years to see how the transformation completes itself...
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11/21/2014 - zovizule Likes this wine:
This bottle was still really good - dark fruit, slightly rustic, good rhone funk - pretty great for a 13 year old CdR
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2/15/2010 - CSteefel wrote: 85 Points
A touch of volatile acidity on the nose goes with faint notes of oxidation. This is a soft wine now, without much complexity, and evidently on its way down hill. A wine like this should really last this long, but it does not seem to have made it all in one piece. A bit disappointing...
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5/18/2009 - davergny wrote: flawed
Corked.
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11/15/2008 - CSteefel wrote: 88 Points
This seems to be aging reasonably well, with some secondary flavors emerging as the almost thick primary character of the fruit subsides a bit. This also shows its slightly high alcohol a bit more than it did. The wine is not gaining any more finesse, but it might be best to resample this in a couple of years to see how the transformation completes itself...
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2/2/2008 - zovizule wrote:
Lovely. Nice funky rhone nose on opening. Still quite ripe dark fruit with an overlay of fine tannins.
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