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pablopilot Likes this wine: 93 points
September 17, 2018 - Ah yes. An old friend I just met yesterday. A beautiful old soul wine with stories and songs and medieval merriment of all sorts. Strapping, red dark fruits mostly of the berry persuasion, with some oily darkness behind it and a very smooth tanning base backing it all up. Brilliant with food, you pick. Plenty of stuffing to stand up to whatever, delicate enough so that our salmon dinner was not embarrassed or ashamed.
Opened direct from the cellar, way too cold. Decanted, which helped with the temp and also opened her up a bit. As she warmed, her acidity came out of hiding, perhaps the sweet spot was at about 65-68 degrees...? Still strong and robust warmer, but perhaps a bit less pretty. The slight chill takes off a bit of edginess, perhaps.
Either way, this has become a go-to house wine.1 person found this helpful 5,348 views