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  December 29, 2023 - Nose: [60°-64°] Dark and fresh red berries and fresh plums, the smell of an empty and dried out cigar box with pencil shavings and powdered graphite inside of it, cedar with light and gentle forest floor notes as if it just finished raining, and smooth wet stones. With some time, aromas settle down to become more clean and gentle with red floral notes.
  
  Palate: [60°-64°] Black plums with the firm, fresh yellow flesh with just enough ripeness to tip the scales so that it's not just a world full of tannin, bitter minerals and stone. Loose and damp earth with deeply rooted trees, and smooth wet slate. Heavily steeped black tea on the finish.
  
  Attributes: Lots of sediment. Clear, dark medium ruby. Dry with high amounts of firm, grippy tannin. Medium to medium-plus body with medium acidity. Good finish of at least 18-20 seconds.
  
  Thoughts: Towering tannin and structure, like the treefolk you read about in fiction novels. Though not the brute or aggro type, it's rather more calm and stoic. Tannin for YEARS, so much that it's kinda like literally steeping 5-6 English breakfast teabags in a single cup. Great acidity to keep things fresh. Definitely one of the kind you want to cellar away for at least 7-10 years. Can't really rate this as this was stupid young, but if I had to, 95-96+
  
  Serving notes: Bordeaux glass. Slow-ox'ed at cellar temp ~54° and consumed over 4.5 hours. Recommend serving ~58°-62°. Decant ~2-4hrs if opening now.

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• csimm wrote: 99 points

  April 7, 2023 - A few days in Napa with fellow CT'r Cristal2000: How many different versions of wine perfection can one consume in one sitting?! Well, if you’re gonna throw down with a 2018 Abreu Thorevilos, then the answer is +1 whatever other bottles of amazement you’re drinking that night (Prevost Champ., Soldera Vase Basse Sangio., Roulot Meursault, VV TK, VV M7…where does the madness end?!).
  
  The Abreu starts out grippy and gravely, with blackberry, strawberry seeds (is there such a thing as black strawberry?), unripe black raspberry, and a whole host of mineral elements washing around the mouth with the otherwise black fruit profile. Despite all the pebbly popping on the palate, the Thorevilos is shockingly smooth and balanced. It’s grippy without question, but as firm and focused as any top shelf wine can get, with an added polish and persistence that keeps the profile super clean and vibrant. There is the slightest bit of heat on the finish, but it quickly dissipates with a bit of swirling in the glass. This is MY kind of wine. Hold for 7+ years ideally.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2018
• Type Red
• Producer Abreu
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Thorevilos
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• Pending Delivery 28 (4%)
• In Cellars 665 (91%)
• Consumed 35 (5%)

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