Weekly tasting group RWP #255: Every taster brought a flight. No rules. (@ My place): I waited too long with this bottle… In the bouquet plums, tea, tobacco and soy. The bouquet is too old. And then surprisingly enough, on the palate the wine is still a great pleasure. A lot of sweetness, dark chocolate, raisins and figs. Good acidity and the tannin has a mature, but still soft and pleasant bite.
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Drinking beautifully now. There was a slight funk on the nose, but it wasn't intrusive. Beautiful soft fruit, fully integrated. Undertones of earthy leather. Medium bodied, lots of subtle complexity. Fairly log finish.
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Regular dinner group (@ PZ): Two years after my previous note the wine is still much too young. The dark chocolate is still prominent. This enormously concentrated wine can use at least another 2 - 3 years of cellaring.
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Dark garnet color. The nose has raspberry, strawberry, and charcoal. The palate is medium to full, with juicy raspberry, leather, and a bit of vanilla. Very nice with good balance, long pleasant finish.
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5/1/2017 - Zweder wrote: 89 Points
Weekly tasting group RWP #255: Every taster brought a flight. No rules. (@ My place): I waited too long with this bottle… In the bouquet plums, tea, tobacco and soy. The bouquet is too old. And then surprisingly enough, on the palate the wine is still a great pleasure. A lot of sweetness, dark chocolate, raisins and figs. Good acidity and the tannin has a mature, but still soft and pleasant bite.
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4/11/2012 - JavaMonkey wrote: 90 Points
Drinking beautifully now. There was a slight funk on the nose, but it wasn't intrusive. Beautiful soft fruit, fully integrated. Undertones of earthy leather. Medium bodied, lots of subtle complexity. Fairly log finish.
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11/11/2009 - Zweder wrote: 89 Points
Monthly Tasting Group HWS #041; Syrah/Shiraz (By me): As previous notes. Brought it to a tasting. Have to keep my last bottle until at least 2013.
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7/11/2009 - Zweder wrote: 90 Points
Regular dinner group (@ PZ): Two years after my previous note the wine is still much too young. The dark chocolate is still prominent. This enormously concentrated wine can use at least another 2 - 3 years of cellaring.
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5/26/2008 - JavaMonkey wrote: 88 Points
Dark garnet color. The nose has raspberry, strawberry, and charcoal. The palate is medium to full, with juicy raspberry, leather, and a bit of vanilla. Very nice with good balance, long pleasant finish.
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