Darker ruby color. Full-blown nose of intense floral notes, schist, iodine, raspberry, earth. Layers of vivacious raspberry and black cherry fruit complicated by limestone and barest hints of char. Lovely acidity and smoothed acidity, leading to a long finish of ripe red berry fruit, stone, and deep soil. This bottle has aged quite differently than the ‘96 Bethel Heights SE Block sampled yesterday. Wide open and fresh from the get-go, it showed as a younger wine. Absolutely delicious.
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8/25/2018 - DougLee wrote: 92 Points
Darker ruby color. Full-blown nose of intense floral notes, schist, iodine, raspberry, earth. Layers of vivacious raspberry and black cherry fruit complicated by limestone and barest hints of char. Lovely acidity and smoothed acidity, leading to a long finish of ripe red berry fruit, stone, and deep soil. This bottle has aged quite differently than the ‘96 Bethel Heights SE Block sampled yesterday. Wide open and fresh from the get-go, it showed as a younger wine. Absolutely delicious.
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