After bottle decanting for 1 hour - lovely expressive nose of black cherry, violets, spices and a hint of mature forest floor. Still fresh but ready to drink. Lovely, elegant, classic refined barlolo with dark fruit flavors, minerals a a nice saline hint. There is just enough fruit to balance the lively acidity and significant but refined tannins. It was still getting better after 2.5 hours of air. Very nice and worth the price if you can find some that has been properly cellared. 94 points.
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This was fairly expressive on the nose with mature typical Chateauneuf aromas, nice although somewhat thin. Then thin and imbalanced toward acidic with very little depth of flavors. A very average showing, a bit past it's time. I don't think the bottle was off, just didn't have the underlying quality to last this long. Drink up. 85 points.
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2020 Rhys Pinot Noir Mt. Pajaro Vineyard
9/28/2023 - Woodsider Likes this wine: 92 Points
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1988 Gaja Barolo Sperss
12/25/2011 - Woodsider wrote: 94 Points
After bottle decanting for 1 hour - lovely expressive nose of black cherry, violets, spices and a hint of mature forest floor. Still fresh but ready to drink. Lovely, elegant, classic refined barlolo with dark fruit flavors, minerals a a nice saline hint. There is just enough fruit to balance the lively acidity and significant but refined tannins. It was still getting better after 2.5 hours of air. Very nice and worth the price if you can find some that has been properly cellared. 94 points.
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1998 Domaine Charvin Châteauneuf-du-Pape
12/23/2011 - Woodsider wrote: 85 Points
This was fairly expressive on the nose with mature typical Chateauneuf aromas, nice although somewhat thin. Then thin and imbalanced toward acidic with very little depth of flavors. A very average showing, a bit past it's time. I don't think the bottle was off, just didn't have the underlying quality to last this long. Drink up. 85 points.
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