Community Tasting Note
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Zoomin Z Likes this wine: 92 points
September 3, 2017 - Sweet, confected red fruits at first. Soon dominated by cigar box with a hint of vanilla. A medium weight body with good energy. A slightly dry tobacco finish. A good balance of sweet and savory. 14.5% alcohol well hidden - not at all a hot finish. A wine entering its prime.
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2 Comments
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John Dunlap commented:
9/5/17, 1:27 PM - Nice review and I couldn't agree more. Have you had the 2014? I've heard nice things about it.
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Zoomin Z commented:
9/7/17, 5:34 PM - Thanks! I'd like to add that tannins are still lightly present towards the finish, but this is a very food friendly wine and any protein at all would make the tannins disappear quite nicely. As for the 2014 - I confess struggling to keep up with my cellar/purchases - and will only be opening the 2008 full bottles soon...