Opened and decant for an hour or so. Dark purple with a solid nose of red and black fruits, cigar box and oak spices on the nose. Full bodied with great fruits and hints of mocha while being decently balanced. Probably a wine for food paring but it does have a degree of complexity that should be enjoyed IMO
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Delicious Cabernet blended with a splash of Merlot and Malbec. Plum, boysenberry, blackberry and olive mingle with coffee and licorice. A touch of fresh herbs adds a nice layer of complexity to this well structured acid+ wine.
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Spectacular! Already open and expressive, yet balanced and structured for the long haul. Palette-saturating blackberries, vanilla and jammy fruits. Plum pudding. Minerally. Fine tannins coat the finish. Can't wait to see how this develops! At this stage this is my favorite vintage yet from this producer.
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This will improve with age, no doubt. Still excellent now with a couple hours decant. Enjoyed over several hours as it evolved. Big, bold dark fruits with integrated tannins already.
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Heady nose of roasted black coffee, charred oak and black cherry. Built like a brick house this is taut and intense, yet the tannins are of very high quality and the acid keeps it fresh. More roasted coffee beans on the palate and an intense minerality. Drink 2024-2034 92
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Washington Wine Tasting. Drank in Gabriel Standart. Appearance deep opaque intensity, ruby colour. Long legs. Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of blackcurrrant, blueberry, purple fruits, cassis, cinnamon spice. Developing. On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14.4%), sleek refined high tannins, full body. Pronounced flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet blackcurrant, smooth blackberries, black cherries, nice balanced cassis, sweet spices, cinnamon, sweet licorice, tobacco leaf, pencil lead + shavings. Very long finish. Very good quality. Beautiful unabashful Cab. What it holds back on the nose, it unleashes fully on the palate. Glorious hedonism. Will age.
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12/2/2023 - brouigu1 Likes this wine: 91 Points
Opened and decant for an hour or so. Dark purple with a solid nose of red and black fruits, cigar box and oak spices on the nose. Full bodied with great fruits and hints of mocha while being decently balanced. Probably a wine for food paring but it does have a degree of complexity that should be enjoyed IMO
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3/19/2023 - JP75Wine Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious Cabernet blended with a splash of Merlot and Malbec. Plum, boysenberry, blackberry and olive mingle with coffee and licorice. A touch of fresh herbs adds a nice layer of complexity to this well structured acid+ wine.
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9/20/2022 - KTelaak_Buffalo Likes this wine: 94 Points
Took 60-90 min to open up but well worth it. An excellent Cabernet all the way around.
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4/1/2022 - overhill wrote: 94 Points
Spectacular! Already open and expressive, yet balanced and structured for the long haul. Palette-saturating blackberries, vanilla and jammy fruits. Plum pudding. Minerally. Fine tannins coat the finish. Can't wait to see how this develops! At this stage this is my favorite vintage yet from this producer.
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12/27/2021 - KTelaak_Buffalo Likes this wine: 93 Points
This will improve with age, no doubt. Still excellent now with a couple hours decant. Enjoyed over several hours as it evolved. Big, bold dark fruits with integrated tannins already.
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12/22/2021 - WineGuyX Likes this wine: 92 Points
Heady nose of roasted black coffee, charred oak and black cherry. Built like a brick house this is taut and intense, yet the tannins are of very high quality and the acid keeps it fresh. More roasted coffee beans on the palate and an intense minerality. Drink 2024-2034 92
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10/13/2021 - Ben Christiansen wrote:
With structure and power.
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8/29/2021 - Derek Darth Taster wrote: 94 Points
Washington Wine Tasting. Drank in Gabriel Standart.
Appearance deep opaque intensity, ruby colour. Long legs.
Nose is clean, medium intensity, with aromas of blackcurrrant, blueberry, purple fruits, cassis, cinnamon spice. Developing.
On the palate, dry, high acidity, medium+ alcohol (14.4%), sleek refined high tannins, full body. Pronounced flavour intensity, with flavours of sweet blackcurrant, smooth blackberries, black cherries, nice balanced cassis, sweet spices, cinnamon, sweet licorice, tobacco leaf, pencil lead + shavings. Very long finish.
Very good quality. Beautiful unabashful Cab. What it holds back on the nose, it unleashes fully on the palate. Glorious hedonism. Will age.
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6/6/2021 - tadams66 Likes this wine: 92 Points
There is a lot going on with this wine but it needs time to integrate and show it fínese. Wonderful dark fruit and big tannins
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