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• psmith wrote: 98 points

  February 13, 2019 - A bottle sample at the winery prior to release. This is simply a perfect combination of the elegance of Arione and the power and balance of Francia. It doesn't have any of the former in it, and in fact it's all the latter, but since I had the '15(s) immediately prior, and since these things are all metaphorical anyways, I'll take some liberties and make the comparison. A wonderful hypersphere of a wine, with just a dazzling display of purity, beauty, detail, and everything else those so often imply. More red than black, and more complete than "big", though it has all those things. Among the best young wines that I've ever had; and so now the elbowing and angling to secure a few bottles begins...

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