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• oldwines Likes this wine: 94 points

  April 28, 2018 - Recent purchase from the Winery. Decanted at 4:30 pm and tasted through about 9pm. This wine surprised me... I expected it to be a bit tired but it was lively and nicely mature with a richness that I really enjoyed. It was a translucent medium garnet with slight bricking on the edge. The nose is earthy with leather and cedar. On the palate it is still quite tart and tannic early on but with a couple hours of air this faded and more of a rich, chewy mouthfeel ensued. The flavors were nicely layered and complex with cedar, leather, graphite, chocolate, tobacco, blackberry and cassis. The finish was slightly bitter but ended with a dark chocolate aftertaste that was reasonably long. Good with a variety of pasta, meatballs and red sauce. This bottle would seem to indicate it has some life left though it probably won't get any better.

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