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For the Love of Wine Likes this wine: 99 points
July 14, 2019 - Second bottle of this delicious wine. This IS the benchmark for perfection in my book....it has everything I could ask for in a Cabernet...a perfect balance of fruit, tertiary flavors, acidity and tannins, which all come together so harmoniously! The nose is sweet and perfumed and evolves in the glass with dark fruit, red berries and some bramble, with hints of dark chocolate and sweet vanilla oak. On the palate, the wine has an integrated sweetness that attacks so softly, but has you longing for more, with an array of cassis, plum and chocolate, then earthiness, gravel and a leathery sweetness, culminating in a long finish that coats the tongue with chocolate and just the right amount of oak. Not sure if it is the terroir, the fruit, the winemaking or the age (I suspect a combination of all three), but this is definitely a special wine worth its hefty price tag, even on the secondary market. A special wine to help me celebrate a special birthday with some special friends!
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