Out of mag, 24 hr splash decant back in bottle re-corked over night. Pruny, grapey, cigar box, drying tannins, med-weight, one-dimensional, short. Looking for nuance and tertiary notes at this stage, nothing. That drying tannin scares me for those that want more age.
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Had to be an off bottle. Smelled and tasted like Lipton iced tea. Lighter body, grapey, short, big iced tea thing going on. Will recork and try again tomorrow.
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From Magnum. If you have any DO. NOT. OPEN. I knew this was the case as we flew some bottles to Italy for vacation and popped this with some friends. I knew it wasn't going to be ready and it was thin, linear, super focused, one dimensional and muted. Some lemony citrus body like you would get from a first sip of Cristal. But that was it, not memorable other than pretty much being shut down. Regular bottles of 08 DP were delicious on release. The Mags are unfortunately backwards. Won't open the next Mag for at least 10 years.
2004 Shafer Cabernet Sauvignon Hillside Select
10/9/2022 - j@$0n p€++y wrote: 89 Points
Out of mag, 24 hr splash decant back in bottle re-corked over night. Pruny, grapey, cigar box, drying tannins, med-weight, one-dimensional, short. Looking for nuance and tertiary notes at this stage, nothing. That drying tannin scares me for those that want more age.
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2013 Maybach Family Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon Materium
8/20/2022 - j@$0n p€++y Does not like this wine: 85 Points
Had to be an off bottle. Smelled and tasted like Lipton iced tea. Lighter body, grapey, short, big iced tea thing going on. Will recork and try again tomorrow.
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2008 Dom Pérignon Champagne
6/23/2022 - j@$0n p€++y wrote: 90 Points
From Magnum. If you have any DO. NOT. OPEN. I knew this was the case as we flew some bottles to Italy for vacation and popped this with some friends. I knew it wasn't going to be ready and it was thin, linear, super focused, one dimensional and muted. Some lemony citrus body like you would get from a first sip of Cristal. But that was it, not memorable other than pretty much being shut down. Regular bottles of 08 DP were delicious on release. The Mags are unfortunately backwards. Won't open the next Mag for at least 10 years.
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