Decanted 3 hrs. Opaque, almost black. Bq w chocolate, pipe tobacco, blackberries, dark cherries, touch of herbs (laurel), some oak. Full body w sandy tannins, good acidity, plenty of jammy fruit (cherries, plums). Lavender in background. Good balance. Excellent until you reach the aftertaste, which isn't very long and has no complexity. Is perhaps just past its peak, but nowhere near old age. Considering its price (16 euros in 2010), an absolute steal!!
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Finally the fruit's starting to fade and the blackened oak takes over the picture - charcoal, tar, heavy-toast coffee, liquorice, a general woodiness and saltiness. Goes quite well with an entrecôte, but comes across as overly oaked on its own.
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3/14/2021 - JMFWC Likes this wine: 90 Points
Drinking well at pop and pour with a nice fruit nose and slightly reductive red fruit. Good acid and tannin level for pairing with a nice red sauce.
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1/25/2020 - Leto South wrote: 91 Points
Decanted 3 hrs. Opaque, almost black. Bq w chocolate, pipe tobacco, blackberries, dark cherries, touch of herbs (laurel), some oak. Full body w sandy tannins, good acidity, plenty of jammy fruit (cherries, plums). Lavender in background. Good balance. Excellent until you reach the aftertaste, which isn't very long and has no complexity. Is perhaps just past its peak, but nowhere near old age. Considering its price (16 euros in 2010), an absolute steal!!
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10/2/2017 - JMFWC Likes this wine: 92 Points
Paired well with eggplant parmigiana. Acid is starting to get more pronounced than fruit.
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3/8/2014 - Vinlagrarna wrote: flawed
the wine's gone flat
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8/3/2013 - Finare Vinare wrote: 88 Points
Finally the fruit's starting to fade and the blackened oak takes over the picture - charcoal, tar, heavy-toast coffee, liquorice, a general woodiness and saltiness. Goes quite well with an entrecôte, but comes across as overly oaked on its own.
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