Second bottle - 45 minute decant. Still tightly wound tannins and acidity, but with jammy fruit while is apparent in the front palate. Probably several years left before peak.
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Plum and camphor on the nose. On the palate, black cherry, currant, and plum with notes of olive tapenade and earthy spice, with strong tannins on the medium to long finish. This was better the second day after the tannins had integrated somewhat; it's probably too early to drink these - hold for three to five years. Based on the second day, this was a very good to excellent value at under $25.
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I found this wine kind of monolithic- the black fruit flavors are not quite up to the structure and tannin of this wine. The tannins are still rough and quite drying. Worse still, I am not sure more time in the cellar is going to smooth this one out
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1/15/2024 - chairmanzian wrote: 89 Points
Second bottle - 45 minute decant. Still tightly wound tannins and acidity, but with jammy fruit while is apparent in the front palate. Probably several years left before peak.
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4/7/2023 - s_karnik wrote:
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2/8/2023 - daveste Likes this wine: 91 Points
Steadily better over 3 days. Evacuated air each day, but the staying power surprised me.
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7/25/2021 - RichardP wrote: 91 Points
Plum and camphor on the nose. On the palate, black cherry, currant, and plum with notes of olive tapenade and earthy spice, with strong tannins on the medium to long finish. This was better the second day after the tannins had integrated somewhat; it's probably too early to drink these - hold for three to five years. Based on the second day, this was a very good to excellent value at under $25.
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7/15/2021 - mlemaire Does not like this wine: 80 Points
I found this wine kind of monolithic- the black fruit flavors are not quite up to the structure and tannin of this wine. The tannins are still rough and quite drying. Worse still, I am not sure more time in the cellar is going to smooth this one out
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