Community Tasting Note
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thenapalist wrote: 98 points
April 12, 2010 - This is just now starting to come into it's own. I've experienced some VERY nice bottles of this but I have to say this might be the best. Not ultra jammy by any means nor is it overly ripe or juicy. This against the Raven is like night and day. Right out of the bottle you can tell this wine has class. The fruit is pure precision with mouth fulls of dark fruit (blackberry, raspberry, blueberry) and secondary notes of milk chocolate, vanilla and some cotton candy. The gaminess is there but not in over abundance. Beautiful floral notes in the aromatics. Don't know that this will get any better. It might lush out a bit and shed some grip but don't know if this is a 20-30yr wine. IMO, the drinking window on this is now-2020.
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2 Comments
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Kirk Grant commented:
4/12/10, 5:31 PM - It sounds like this wine is really hitting it's stride. I have to wonder if it has enough fruit to maintain the balance with the 15.3% over time...
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KristianT commented:
4/20/10, 2:27 AM - Very nice notes - I will look so much forward to trying this one later this year.