Dinner with Paul and Jeff (The George Town Club - DC): Despite being forty years old, it remains very youthful character with an abundance of generous fruit. A hint of cassis but mostly red fruit, plum and cherry, scorched earth, lead pencil, a hint of green, leather and crushed rocks. Excellent concentration, generous red and black fruit, rich and unctuous but also fluid, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and a long ripe red fruit driven finish with ash at the end. This reminds me the 92 Phillip Togni cab a bit, but more oaky, perhaps sweet American oak. May be a combination of Togni and Montebello. It doesn't have the complexity of a great Bordeaux but shows a lot of fruit. Really enjoyable and no need to hurry.
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Healthy ruby color ligthening up towards the rim. Notes of red cherries, some cassis, leather, graphite, some volcanic notes, smoke, cedar, cinnamon, tobacco. It's medium-full bodied, has high acidity carrying the wine and some medium- tannin that is super silky. Pretty long finish. An excellent Diamond Creek, super fresh, cool, full of tension and pretty complex, even at age 38. Breathtaking bottle that was perfectly stored and in perfect condition.
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Beautifully integrated at this point. Fruit flavors remain generous. Our bottle was purchased second-hand, but had a cork in perfect condition and poured with little sediment. The nose is 96+, and the flavor terrific but lasted only 10-20 seconds. The lack of length/depth is what stops it short of a higher score. We noticed that an hour after decanting, the flavors dissipated much more quickly than when the bottle was first opened - no surprise for a 36-year-old bottle. I'd say peak enjoyment was roughly 15 minutes after opening and decant. Our group salutes the DC winemaker of this earlier era for a bottle that stood the test of time proudly.
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3/7/2024 - paulst Likes this wine: 95 Points
Earth; lean; precise; narrow blackberry; complex finish.
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3/6/2024 - dcwino wrote: 95 Points
Dinner with Paul and Jeff (The George Town Club - DC): Despite being forty years old, it remains very youthful character with an abundance of generous fruit. A hint of cassis but mostly red fruit, plum and cherry, scorched earth, lead pencil, a hint of green, leather and crushed rocks. Excellent concentration, generous red and black fruit, rich and unctuous but also fluid, perfect amount of acidity and mineral, and a long ripe red fruit driven finish with ash at the end. This reminds me the 92 Phillip Togni cab a bit, but more oaky, perhaps sweet American oak. May be a combination of Togni and Montebello. It doesn't have the complexity of a great Bordeaux but shows a lot of fruit. Really enjoyable and no need to hurry.
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6/27/2022 - NostraBacchus Likes this wine: 96 Points
Healthy ruby color ligthening up towards the rim. Notes of red cherries, some cassis, leather, graphite, some volcanic notes, smoke, cedar, cinnamon, tobacco. It's medium-full bodied, has high acidity carrying the wine and some medium- tannin that is super silky. Pretty long finish. An excellent Diamond Creek, super fresh, cool, full of tension and pretty complex, even at age 38. Breathtaking bottle that was perfectly stored and in perfect condition.
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7/28/2020 - Montesquieu Likes this wine: 94 Points
Beautifully integrated at this point. Fruit flavors remain generous. Our bottle was purchased second-hand, but had a cork in perfect condition and poured with little sediment. The nose is 96+, and the flavor terrific but lasted only 10-20 seconds. The lack of length/depth is what stops it short of a higher score. We noticed that an hour after decanting, the flavors dissipated much more quickly than when the bottle was first opened - no surprise for a 36-year-old bottle. I'd say peak enjoyment was roughly 15 minutes after opening and decant. Our group salutes the DC winemaker of this earlier era for a bottle that stood the test of time proudly.
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11/10/2019 - MC2 Wines Likes this wine:
Charleston V - the wooden anniversary; 11/6/2019-11/10/2019 (Charleston, SC (various locations)): Wine #2 in our blind. Darker texture to this wine. Very well balanced. Still has a reasonable amount of tannin. Some fruit. The finish is a bit quicker than I expected, but it's an enjoyable wine nonetheless.
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