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• blanquito wrote: 92 points

  October 8, 2015 - Perfect fill and cork... Still has a good color, showing some ruby at the rim. Initially, this was out of sorts and showed a bit stewed, but it pulls together with some air and a cooler temperature. The bouquet is truly lovely, showing lots of mint-menthol, wrigley's gum, black tea, smoky notes, loam, some capsicum. The palate marries delicious candied fruit like cherry cordial with lots of cranberry brightness, a smooth mid palate, and a long woodsy-earthy-tannic finish. Grows pleasantly leafy and deeper with air. Despite some flamboyant notes, this is quite buttoned-down over all, with a dry palate impact. I really dig this, as its has the charms of an old school Cali Cab without that rounded softness that can make these flabby with too much age. Drink now or soon. 92-93 pts.

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