Had with a fabulous grilled Five Dot boneless ribeye. Slight bricking, otherwise bright ruby, almost beet colored. Slight 'grittiness' on entry, not at all unpleasant. Black berries, pencil shavings, leather. First impression, really lovely. Then went a bit flat, then settled into a solid presentation, ended with a final impression of heat. On the whole, quite lovely, if inconsistent.
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Cork crumbled immediately. No real perceptible nose, taste before decanting is fairly flat, mostly just the alcohol. Perhaps it is on the edge of "there may be something left in there," but not desirable to drink. After 30 minute decant, no perceptible change. After a three hour decant the alcohol had dissipated, and there was nothing there after all. Very unfortunate.
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Funny that I see my last bottle was drank in 2012 where I was concerned that it might be at fully maturity... I was wrong! Beautiful now, popped and poured, and in 15 minutes it was beautifully open, balanced with ripe fruit and a bit of sweet oak. Not showing any age.
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(Justin Vineyards & Winery Isosceles) Very dark ruby color; stewed black fruit, oak nose; coarse, green herb, stewed black fruit, tart black fruit, oak palate; medium-plus finish
10/20/2022 - Roi Vin de LBC Likes this wine: 97 Points
97 points. Opened this for Tommy & Ariel’s wedding. The age on this was absolutely stunning. Balanced and bold and smooth.
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5/4/2022 - crewald wrote:
Had with a fabulous grilled Five Dot boneless ribeye. Slight bricking, otherwise bright ruby, almost beet colored. Slight 'grittiness' on entry, not at all unpleasant. Black berries, pencil shavings, leather. First impression, really lovely. Then went a bit flat, then settled into a solid presentation, ended with a final impression of heat. On the whole, quite lovely, if inconsistent.
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3/16/2021 - Erick Wand Does not like this wine:
Over the hill, waited too long.
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12/26/2020 - Erick Wand wrote: flawed
Cork crumbled immediately. No real perceptible nose, taste before decanting is fairly flat, mostly just the alcohol. Perhaps it is on the edge of "there may be something left in there," but not desirable to drink. After 30 minute decant, no perceptible change. After a three hour decant the alcohol had dissipated, and there was nothing there after all. Very unfortunate.
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12/26/2020 - gzim Likes this wine: 92 Points
Funny that I see my last bottle was drank in 2012 where I was concerned that it might be at fully maturity... I was wrong!
Beautiful now, popped and poured, and in 15 minutes it was beautifully open, balanced with ripe fruit and a bit of sweet oak. Not showing any age.
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