Another Abreu wine brought by Edward tonight, a rare vintage and probably the only bottle in Shanghai! A very BDX wine with more explosive and showing off noses than Madrona Ranch 04, however with less elegant and expensive notes in comparison.
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Abreu's 2009 Howell Mountain shows aromas of smoke, graphite, and herbal tones, with a fair bit of oak, quite savory in profile. Softening in structure but the oak isn't balanced.
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I didn’t give this any time to open up, surely it would benefit from an hour or two. A bit more chewy on the finish than I’m used to with Abreu, big dense ripe fruit and tons of finesse. Always very classy, but this one is still very young. Room for improvement with age or more air for sure, but delicious notwithstanding.
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Slow O for 10 hours. The nose is now pruney and oxidized. I guess it had too much air. Palate is still broad full and enjoyable, but this was off. Maybe this was cooked? Perhaps bad Provence.
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1/19/2023 - Quiet Lion Likes this wine: 97 Points
Decanted briefly. Rich, deep red fruit with velvety tannins and mountain earth. This has aged beautifully.
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5/14/2021 - BLam Likes this wine: 94 Points
Another Abreu wine brought by Edward tonight, a rare vintage and probably the only bottle in Shanghai! A very BDX wine with more explosive and showing off noses than Madrona Ranch 04, however with less elegant and expensive notes in comparison.
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3/19/2021 - rlove wrote:
Abreu's 2009 Howell Mountain shows aromas of smoke, graphite, and herbal tones, with a fair bit of oak, quite savory in profile. Softening in structure but the oak isn't balanced.
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7/24/2020 - joshabramson Likes this wine: 97 Points
I didn’t give this any time to open up, surely it would benefit from an hour or two. A bit more chewy on the finish than I’m used to with Abreu, big dense ripe fruit and tons of finesse. Always very classy, but this one is still very young. Room for improvement with age or more air for sure, but delicious notwithstanding.
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8/11/2018 - Lateva wrote: 93 Points
Slow O for 10 hours. The nose is now pruney and oxidized. I guess it had too much air. Palate is still broad full and enjoyable, but this was off. Maybe this was cooked? Perhaps bad Provence.
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