From Art's cellar. Dining alone so I grabbed this one knowing it might have been beyond its time. It was in decline, but not horribly so. I was hopeful when it was decanted because the color was still dark in the bowl with some amber rim. Nose was muted red fruit and pencil shavings. In the mouth, wine was dusty, cherries, oak and cocoa, but the tannins were still in charge. The food saved it from being worse but time to drink if you dare.
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Full bodied and ripe and perfectly mature with still some tannin to stay on this level for some time. Really enjoyable and delicious, but not belonging to the real great wines.
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2/25/2017 - Viking 61 wrote:
Way Past it's prime. No fruit left but tannin's keep it looking younger.
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1/19/2017 - OenophilistMN Likes this wine: 84 Points
From Art's cellar. Dining alone so I grabbed this one knowing it might have been beyond its time. It was in decline, but not horribly so. I was hopeful when it was decanted because the color was still dark in the bowl with some amber rim. Nose was muted red fruit and pencil shavings. In the mouth, wine was dusty, cherries, oak and cocoa, but the tannins were still in charge. The food saved it from being worse but time to drink if you dare.
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8/9/2011 - Bureso wrote: 85 Points
Ængstelig da vi plukkede vinen - men det er et positivt bekendskab. Stadig frugt og tannin i behold. Slutter lidt for hurtigt - men absolut godkendt.
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1/21/2010 - ldorf wrote: 85 Points
Past prime, but still a nice bottle.
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3/29/2001 - KeyMaster wrote: 90 Points
Succulent. Belle robe rouge-tuile orangé, bouquet discret mais complexe, goût fin bien qu’encore un peu astringent. Bonne finale.
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1/31/1998 - Zweder wrote: 88 Points
Full bodied and ripe and perfectly mature with still some tannin to stay on this level for some time. Really enjoyable and delicious, but not belonging to the real great wines.
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