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• 2016 Antica Terra Pinot Noir Botanica

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  5/5/2024 - tak4 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Just getting over a little illness so this may not be totally right. WSET Level 3 style tasting note.
  
  Medium ruby
  Medium+ aromatic intensity; red cherries, black cherries, strawberry, prune (3), cedar (2), plum, baking spice (2), rose, fig (3), forest floor (3). Developing.
  Dry, high acid, medium tannin, high alcohol (14%), medium+ body.
  Flavor intensity medium+
  Palate - flavors above plus emphasis on cedar, lemon
  Finish medium+
  Drink now, suitable for further aging
  BLIC - Outstanding
  
  AND - I really like this wine! Super elegant and drinking well now.

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• 2010 Bodegas Muga Rioja Gran Reserva Prado Enea

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  4/21/2024 - tak4 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Using WSET 3 system:
  Medium ruby, medium + intensity on nose
  On nose - red cherry, strawberry, red apple peel, rose, cinnamon, baking spice, vanilla, tar, touch of green pepper, prune, black pepper, szechuan peppercorn, meat, plum, tobacco.
  Developing
  Dry, medium+ acid, medium+ tannin, high alcohol, full body
  Flavor intensity is pronounced
  Flavors - echoes nose with more notes of vanilla, cinnamon
  Finish - long
  BLIC - gets all 4 - outstanding
  Drink now, suitable for further aging
  
  This is a really nice wine. I have disliked many Rioja in the past but not this one. Well balanced. I think a wine like this really needs a lot of age. Drinking very well now.

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• 2015 Lillian Winery Syrah

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  4/20/2024 - tak4 Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Using WSET Level 3 system
  Color / intensity - deep ruby
  Intensity - pronounced
  Aromas - blackberry, plum, black cherry, black raisin, meat, smoke, earth, baking spice, vanilla, black olive, rose
  Development - developing
  Dry, high acid, high alcohol, medium+ tannins, full body
  Flavor intensity high
  Finish - long
  Flavors - replicate nose, add bay leaf
  Overall - BLIC 1/1/1/1 - Outstanding
  Drink now, but suitable for further aging
  
  Unofficially, this is an awesome wine!

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