Needs a good 3 to 4 hour decant to open up, otherwise the finish is dryingly short. Shiraz upfront, dark red cherries, spice, a little juicy, then the cabernet kicks in with a savoury cigar box finish. Wonderful wine, still holding up nicely. Drink over the next 2 to 3 years,
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Good Friday Eve Tasting Dinner (Jan's Place, St. Paul, MN): Very dark red-purple color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 3 hours. Wow, great nose with crushed wild blueberries, dark raspberry, spices, this becomes nicely earthy after 30 minutes and evolves to show creme de cassis as well. The palate is fresh and lively, elegant, savory, meaty, anise, blue and black fruits, dusty tannins, velvety texture, and a very, very long (100+ second) finish. This was full and rich, but still very elegant. Much better than when tasted 3 years ago. My and group WOTN, 94+pts.
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Very nice . Was rather apprehensive of the stated 15.5 alcohol but 10 years aging has obviously helped so no headache the following morning . Dark in colour and bursting with fruit . Good balance .
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Decanted 1 hour and paired with cheese fondue & pork loin cubes. Massive fruit on the nose, sweet blackberry, pepper, vanilla. Just a delicious, albeit HUGE wine. Love it!
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Great Cab/Syrah blend. Huge on the pop, but several hours of unattended air time later, it was smooth and so tasty. Still a bit of oak apparent, but drinking really well.
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12/10/2016 - red.red.vino wrote: 93 Points
Needs a good 3 to 4 hour decant to open up, otherwise the finish is dryingly short. Shiraz upfront, dark red cherries, spice, a little juicy, then the cabernet kicks in with a savoury cigar box finish. Wonderful wine, still holding up nicely. Drink over the next 2 to 3 years,
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4/17/2014 - rocknroller wrote: 94 Points
Good Friday Eve Tasting Dinner (Jan's Place, St. Paul, MN): Very dark red-purple color. PNP, drank 2 glasses over 3 hours. Wow, great nose with crushed wild blueberries, dark raspberry, spices, this becomes nicely earthy after 30 minutes and evolves to show creme de cassis as well. The palate is fresh and lively, elegant, savory, meaty, anise, blue and black fruits, dusty tannins, velvety texture, and a very, very long (100+ second) finish. This was full and rich, but still very elegant. Much better than when tasted 3 years ago. My and group WOTN, 94+pts.
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3/16/2014 - sphBacchus Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very nice . Was rather apprehensive of the stated 15.5 alcohol but 10 years aging has obviously helped so no headache the following morning . Dark in colour and bursting with fruit . Good balance .
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2/14/2014 - RPerro Likes this wine: 95 Points
Decanted 1 hour and paired with cheese fondue & pork loin cubes. Massive fruit on the nose, sweet blackberry, pepper, vanilla. Just a delicious, albeit HUGE wine. Love it!
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12/24/2012 - RPerro Likes this wine: 93 Points
Great Cab/Syrah blend. Huge on the pop, but several hours of unattended air time later, it was smooth and so tasty. Still a bit of oak apparent, but drinking really well.
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