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Friday, March 20, 2015 - Drank with dinner in Vail, CO with my brother and father at Larkspur Restaurant. Notes are from some detailed scribbles I made later in the night, and from my memory. This wine was somehow on discount on the wine list for only $245 - this is no joke. We opened and decanted it for about 45-min while enjoying a cocktail at the bar. The nose was the most extraordinary, aromatic nose I have ever encountered - the waiter said he could smell it 10-12 feet away. It brought layers upon layers of spring flowers, violets, roses, tulips, cherry blossoms, dark cherries, raspberries, bacon fat, green olives, and even some interesting musty leather and garrigue-like notes. The palate was full, jagged, and still quite compact, bringing cherry smoked pork, charcoal, black olives, more raspberries, and interesting hints of smoked cedar wood (I think). The finish lasted for 60-seconds plus and like wave sets crashing on the beach (surfing metaphor), it brought candied strawberries, molasses, hints of rhubarb, chocolate cherries, and wet grass. I could go on and on but hands down, it was quite possibly the most enjoyable wine I have ever had. Even more frightening, it's still a baby. Drink 2020-2030.

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