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Monday, January 16, 2017 - This is ostensibly a bit old for this wine, but we were surprised. Still fully structured and without obvious flaws. Even decanted, it started out hot and maybe underwhelming in length, but it opened up nicely with a half hour at about 20°C. It had plenty of the spice and a bit of the richly sweet nose of a young Turley. Very full in the mouth, and no longer hot (after sitting and swirling). Finish is medium short and clear. Definitely more on the balsamic or round oldness end than the bright lemonade end. This might be a sipping wine more than a between bites accompaniment. Our meal (house porchetta, heavy on fennel) was the sort of thing that zinfandel suits, but I liked this wine better after the plates were clean. A good example of a concentrated table wine that tapers gently into old age.

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