Pop and pour, drinking over three hours. Opened with nice rich fruit aromas and flavors on the mildly short finish. A little thin midpalate, but at least for the first half hour this was showing nicely. The fade came too quickly to merit a higher score, however -- thinned out and left more bell pepper notes in the less-attractive finish. I'd be drinking these with steaks NOW if I had more.
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Served with aged ribeye - beautiful dark color with dark fruit on nose (currants, plums, touch of vanilla and chocolate). Jammy with some dark fruit plus vanilla and raisin with good tannic balance. Great wine.
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Dark purple color with aromas of black currents, plums , dusty dried flowers, vanilla and chocolate. On the palate, blackberry jam, raisin and vanilla. long rich fruit laden finish. More balanced than the past performance.
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Dusty red berry fruit, raspberry jam, figs, lavender and fall leaves but a little too hot on the nose. Rich, full even syrupy with currant and spicy blackberry preserves and a bit of cedar. Finish is long and pleasant with red fruit and a bit of cinnamon / nutmeg but again the presence of alcohol is apparent. Enjoyable but not my cup of tea. Unfortunately I feel the alcohol is too apparent and in this case took away from an otherwise enjoyable glass of wine. Notes taken after two hours in decanter.
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11/11/2016 - brucegolfer Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very well balanced, dark red color, dark fruits.
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1/10/2011 - MLD70 wrote: 87 Points
Pop and pour, drinking over three hours. Opened with nice rich fruit aromas and flavors on the mildly short finish. A little thin midpalate, but at least for the first half hour this was showing nicely. The fade came too quickly to merit a higher score, however -- thinned out and left more bell pepper notes in the less-attractive finish. I'd be drinking these with steaks NOW if I had more.
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11/29/2009 - landa73 wrote:
Served with aged ribeye - beautiful dark color with dark fruit on nose (currants, plums, touch of vanilla and chocolate). Jammy with some dark fruit plus vanilla and raisin with good tannic balance. Great wine.
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9/20/2009 - Eric Guido wrote: 90 Points
Dark purple color with aromas of black currents, plums , dusty dried flowers, vanilla and chocolate. On the palate, blackberry jam, raisin and vanilla. long rich fruit laden finish. More balanced than the past performance.
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8/24/2009 - Eric Guido wrote: 88 Points
Dusty red berry fruit, raspberry jam, figs, lavender and fall leaves but a little too hot on the nose. Rich, full even syrupy with currant and spicy blackberry preserves and a bit of cedar. Finish is long and pleasant with red fruit and a bit of cinnamon / nutmeg but again the presence of alcohol is apparent. Enjoyable but not my cup of tea. Unfortunately I feel the alcohol is too apparent and in this case took away from an otherwise enjoyable glass of wine. Notes taken after two hours in decanter.
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