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Wednesday, February 10, 2021 - Presentation: a little over the top: the vintage is inscribed on a white medal of sorts that is glued and tied around the bottle. A bottle which is in typical big-dick Californian style, big. The idea being with these wines, that bigger is better. ... (see what Jancis Robinson has to say about this, its funny). And then the dog motif.... Who doesn't like dogs, etc, etc...
Well, behind all this very self conscious gimmickry lies a weighty, substantial wine. The nose is immediately present, as though someone rang a bell! The sound is a smell and it says "fruit!" Red fruit but also hints of banana, it is enveloping, comforting. The mouthfeel is substantial, viscous, coating. A finish that lasts very long, and there it is, a wine behind all the makeup! Like a one night stand that actually seems like it may turn out to be more...
The bottles I got were covered in dust in my local shop, potential customers turned off by the little red cord and the "medal" and so on... so I got the rest, but now the 14 is out and the 15 and 16 are nearly double the price. One night stand after all then.

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