Strong tannins great nose upon opening. Rounded out after an hour. Good fruit and legs with mostly integrated tannins. Red fruits and acidity and some abv on the nose and cigar box cedar. Drinking well.
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A most excellent wine from Bob Foley's Howell Mountain property. A special wine, it continued to improve over a 3 hour period. Upon opening, there was a nice nose and mouth feel but a bit of heat on the finish. That all went away after awhile and we found and very special nose along with a sensuous and caressing mouth feel and a signature Foley long finish. I would have preferred to spend another couple of hours with the bottle but alas it disappeared faster that it should have. I would probably wait a couple of years before opening another and I plan to hold my magnums for a much longer time. Bravo Bob!
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10/26/2023 - jusdavi Likes this wine: 93 Points
Strong tannins great nose upon opening. Rounded out after an hour. Good fruit and legs with mostly integrated tannins. Red fruits and acidity and some abv on the nose and cigar box cedar. Drinking well.
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11/12/2013 - johnbhamrick wrote: 95 Points
A great wine as usual from the Foley vineyards. Well structured and easy to drink. I would buy a bunch more if I found them.
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9/29/2012 - ValB wrote: 96 Points
Left In decanter for three hours. It lost that strong tannin upon opening and became balanced smooth.
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1/12/2012 - Gabe wrote: 95 Points
A most excellent wine from Bob Foley's Howell Mountain property. A special wine, it continued to improve over a 3 hour period. Upon opening, there was a nice nose and mouth feel but a bit of heat
on the finish. That all went away after awhile and we found and very special nose along with a sensuous and caressing mouth feel and a signature Foley long finish. I would have preferred to spend another couple of hours with the bottle but alas it disappeared faster that it should have. I would probably wait a couple of years before opening another and I plan to hold my magnums for a much longer time. Bravo Bob!
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4/30/2010 - MTC wrote: 93 Points
Tasted horribly upon opening. Hot, spicy, bitter. After about an hour started to improve and at about 2 hours became balanced.
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