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OenophilistMN Likes this wine:

Friday, December 17, 2021 - One-hour decant through a screened and aerating funnel. Black fruit aromas came forth during decant. Slight amount of sediment in the screen. After resting, wine was clear; dark purple in bowl and progressing lighter to a garnet rim surrounded by a moderate clear halo. Nose was atypical for a CdP and set off alarms for me (see below). Nose was very reminiscent of an older Zinfandel: boysenberry and blackberry followed by some cedar and spice. Likewise in the mouth: berry fruit and licorice flavors that seemed a little off-balance and not quite right. While the wine worked with the steak dinner, it was not very CdP-like and certainly not in line with some of the recent laudatory notes posted here on CT (which was why I chose this wine for our holiday get together). Long finish but it too seemed amiss; almost watered down. Hope this was just an off bottle and my others are better.

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