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Tuesday, July 23, 2013 - Showing its age, but delivers on the slight above average price ~24$ in 2010.

Now is a little rusty red in glass. Nose is light in fruit and a little stewed and a hair port like. Palate comes off sharp with acid but light in tannin. Seems hotter in ETOH than labelled. The fruit is there on initial attack/mid palate then fades fast leaving a wisp of a smokey fruit quality and some heat. Fruit that is there is dark blackberry/currents and maybe some plum. There is a note of tabacco/leather with that as well.

I would not hold this longer so drink up this year. Needs some summer food to match. I enjoyed sampling this over last few years and seems the wine has really changed. Will continue to keep a few vintages in rotation on shelf. Nice QPR to experiment with.

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