Community Tasting Note
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slaughterer Likes this wine: 98 points
May 12, 2013 - Best showing of this vintage Angelus ever. Much fatter, almost goopy black cherry fruit flowing into all corners of the palate by comparison to drier, tougher, leaners showings. One gets a real sense of substance and power here, of 1st growth caliber. There is also a blackberry component that emerges on the back end, as well as wet clay, sand, sage, mint and some waxy stem and skin component. The tannins are quite substantial and gripping still, and might be a bit too much for some drinkers. 2 points substracted from perfection for the fading in the decanter--rarely does Angelus show the best when first opened, and then recede or go to sleep within a few hours decant, as was the case here. Quite simply, the wine's gutsy, rock-star performance upon opening showed a little fatigue after screaming its lungs out on the stage for an hour. Kind of like a middle-age Scott Weiland in 2007-2009--mighty voice for 1 hour on stage, and then diminishment as the drugs and divorce and depressive aspects of his mania rise to the surface.
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slaughterer commented:
9/23/13, 6:52 AM - The Weiland comparison is precise and justified.