Purple/brown color. Blackberry, chocolate, tar. Medium/long finish. Needs over an hour to open (after decanting). Still has a lot of fruit for a 13 year-old wine. Paired nicely with grilled vegetables and grilled swordfish.
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Popped the cork, very little on the nose, overly acidic with poor structure. Night number two , I decanted for 3 hours. If you swirled it enough in the decanter you will notice a lot of berry on the nose, but drinking it wasn't anything thrilling though slightly jammy. Mouth feel did improve but it took a lot of effort.
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2/11/2014 - bradfriedlander Likes this wine: 85 Points
Purple/brown color. Blackberry, chocolate, tar. Medium/long finish. Needs over an hour to open (after decanting). Still has a lot of fruit for a 13 year-old wine. Paired nicely with grilled vegetables and grilled swordfish.
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4/6/2008 - mprosser wrote: 82 Points
Popped the cork, very little on the nose, overly acidic with poor structure. Night number two , I decanted for 3 hours. If you swirled it enough in the decanter you will notice a lot of berry on the nose, but drinking it wasn't anything thrilling though slightly jammy. Mouth feel did improve but it took a lot of effort.
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12/11/2007 - napaJ6 wrote: 84 Points
Sour fruit, highly acidic, and oak that rode the edge of the wine that had never integrated with the fruit. No finish and no tannin structure.
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