Clearly, this is not my style of wine. Much better on the nose than the palate with its smoke, truffle, red berry scented perfume. On the palate, the wine was packed with tart red fruits and the tannins were dry. Others raved about it. Wine like this is all about the style, which works for some better than others.
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Gorgeous nose of mature cab. Olives, leather, cassis, just a touch of prune, some forest floor, some pine needle. On the palate, this is just awesome. Lovely, wonderful, surprisingly lush fruit. Strawberries, some lovely graphite and pencil lead. A touch of sous bois in there. The tannins are beautiful and silky and fully integrated. Still wonderful acids. Really elegant wine. The finish goes on and on, although the finish is just a touch dry. Absolutely wonderful wine. This is fully mature, and didn't begin to fade at all for a couple hours. This is at the tail end of peak - time to drink up.
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12/16/2022 - olioli wrote: 93 Points
En pleine forme!
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8/14/2013 - Jeff Leve wrote: 85 Points
Clearly, this is not my style of wine. Much better on the nose than the palate with its smoke, truffle, red berry scented perfume. On the palate, the wine was packed with tart red fruits and the tannins were dry. Others raved about it. Wine like this is all about the style, which works for some better than others.
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10/11/2006 - trankin wrote: 97 Points
Gorgeous nose of mature cab. Olives, leather, cassis, just a touch of prune, some forest floor, some pine needle. On the palate, this is just awesome. Lovely, wonderful, surprisingly lush fruit. Strawberries, some lovely graphite and pencil lead. A touch of sous bois in there. The tannins are beautiful and silky and fully integrated. Still wonderful acids. Really elegant wine. The finish goes on and on, although the finish is just a touch dry. Absolutely wonderful wine. This is fully mature, and didn't begin to fade at all for a couple hours. This is at the tail end of peak - time to drink up.
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