This wine has held up very well. It has a rich smokey nose with layers of blackberry, casise, boisenberry, cocoa, and tar. Surprisingly good. Pairs well with blue cheese, marbled beef.
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Really surprised how much I like this. I wasn't expecting this much from a lesser known appellation. I would've thought that it wouldn't stand up to 12 yrs of aging. If I were Parker (god forbid), I would definitely call this a "sleeper of the vintage". The label says its predominantly merlot. Full of rich fruit and a lovely mouth feel. It was hard not to drink too much of it.
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As jccolclasure noted, not overly complex. But for the money, this is a great bottle of wine. Nice balance between fruit, acid, and tannin. Drank well on day 2 when preserved with a vacu-vin. 89+.
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Bordeaux Blind (Wine Exchange - Orange, CA): Dark ruby purple. Ripe chocolate and red currant aromas. Nice acid and tannin structure with sweet currant and raspberry fruit. Comments: Very likeable nose on this wine begging you to consume it. Following that the structure was a nice surprise and bodes well for the future of this wine. Recommended.
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Bordeaux Blind (Wine Exchange in Orange, CA): Very dark red. The first wine to this point with identifiable herbaceousness, this was nonetheless heady and lacking some delineation. Heavily extracted, with large-scaled tannin cutting the finish short.
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Very little nose; good structure, coffee and roasted oak on nose, along with firm tannins. Should be a pleasant food wine in a few years. Currently a little tight, but respectable. 88 pts.
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3/25/2017 - KindCaptain wrote: 92 Points
This wine has held up very well. It has a rich smokey nose with layers of blackberry, casise, boisenberry, cocoa, and tar. Surprisingly good. Pairs well with blue cheese, marbled beef.
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4/8/2015 - Jordan C Likes this wine: 92 Points
Really surprised how much I like this. I wasn't expecting this much from a lesser known appellation. I would've thought that it wouldn't stand up to 12 yrs of aging. If I were Parker (god forbid), I would definitely call this a "sleeper of the vintage". The label says its predominantly merlot. Full of rich fruit and a lovely mouth feel. It was hard not to drink too much of it.
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4/13/2012 - flwinos wrote: 89 Points
As jccolclasure noted, not overly complex. But for the money, this is a great bottle of wine. Nice balance between fruit, acid, and tannin. Drank well on day 2 when preserved with a vacu-vin. 89+.
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8/5/2011 - jccolclasure wrote: 92 Points
Dense, fruit with balanced tannins. Drinking well now. Drank with a spicy BBQ pulled pork meal and it held up nicely. No overly complex but good.
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7/28/2007 - Badfish wrote: 90 Points
Bordeaux Blind (Wine Exchange - Orange, CA): Dark ruby purple. Ripe chocolate and red currant aromas. Nice acid and tannin structure with sweet currant and raspberry fruit. Comments: Very likeable nose on this wine begging you to consume it. Following that the structure was a nice surprise and bodes well for the future of this wine. Recommended.
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7/28/2007 - tcfishler wrote: 87 Points
Bordeaux Blind (Wine Exchange in Orange, CA): Very dark red. The first wine to this point with identifiable herbaceousness, this was nonetheless heady and lacking some delineation. Heavily extracted, with large-scaled tannin cutting the finish short.
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12/24/2006 - marc d wrote:
Toasty oak, chocolate cherry fruit, dark, extracted, and anonymous. Very little here that said Bordeaux to me.
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8/24/2006 - trankin wrote: 90 Points
Jean-Luc Thunevin Dinner (Chanterelle, NYC): Lovely dark fruit on the nose. On the palate, it's rich, thick red fruit. Very very nice wine. 90-91.
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8/8/2006 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 88 Points
Very little nose; good structure, coffee and roasted oak on nose, along with firm tannins. Should be a pleasant food wine in a few years. Currently a little tight, but respectable. 88 pts.
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