From a 5 liter bottle. Inky purple with some ruby tints in the light. After a couple hour decant, aromas of cassis and mulberry and later allspice. By the end of the evening some higher toned rose emerged. A full bodied wine with good balance, firm tannins and bracing acidity. This wine improved over the course of the night. From this format, suspect years to go before it sleeps, likely with improvement.
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An absolutely gorgeous tall super model in the glass with toned body and some strong leg muscles. With the pizza a delight. The nose practically sung me a lullaby with its jerky beef nose, vanilla, and dark well extracted fruit - hints of expresso. The color was opaque purple but it wasn’t a bruiser, this had style and pizzazz. I couldn’t get my neck out of the glass with its intoxicating almost hypnotic perfume. This screams sex and that’s what I had for dessert…
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From a 5 liter bottle. Inky purple with some ruby tints in the light. After a couple hour decant, aromas of cassis and mulberry and later allspice. By the end of the evening some higher toned rose emerged. A full bodied wine with good balance, firm tannins and bracing acidity. This wine improved over the course of the night. From this format, suspect years to go before it sleeps, likely with improvement.
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9/14/2014 - hm$ wrote: 94 Points
Fabulous.
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5/19/2013 - chuckb Likes this wine: 93 Points
This wine is still drinking great. Have one bottle left and I am in no rush to drink it.
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2/6/2011 - jlgnml wrote: 91 Points
Ribs and Sryah for Super Bowl. Mouth watering, dark, floral.
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12/12/2010 - danseng wrote: 93 Points
Very nice wine. I would drink it now, but it has aged very nicely.
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2/13/2010 - jlgnml wrote: 90 Points
Great to start with a spicy pasta and beef. Loved the initial nose but began to fail over the course of the dinner. Drink now.
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8/5/2005 - jamiekutch wrote: 95 Points
An absolutely gorgeous tall super model in the glass with toned body and some strong leg muscles. With the pizza a delight. The nose practically sung me a lullaby with its jerky beef nose, vanilla, and dark well extracted fruit - hints of expresso. The color was opaque purple but it wasn’t a bruiser, this had style and pizzazz. I couldn’t get my neck out of the glass with its intoxicating almost hypnotic perfume. This screams sex and that’s what I had for dessert…
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4/27/2004 - rjonwine@gmail.com wrote: 92 Points
High alcohol, tight nose; nice licorice, blackberry, somewhat oaky palate; medium finish
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