On first whiff, I was concerned this was an overheated, steroidal Napa Cabernet. Lo and behold, it is soft, fresh and very lively. I would have liked more complexity and a deeper, longer finish but it was very pleasurable and food-flexible.
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Auction purchase, WineBid. Felt pretty good about successfully extracting the 100% soaked cork...color looked great...nose: CORKED. Shame, some nice red fruit underneath the mess. Winebid seems to sell me a disproportionate # of corked wines.
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Auction purchase. 98% cork bleed. A bit of air, in bottle, actually softened this a bit. That was interesting. I'm not sure I realized that a wine could be so "big" and so mature at the same time. Black olive, plum, prune, fig, better than average length. Pretty good load of acidity and some tannin still there. One's probably enough. CT says I had two.
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Good, lighter than expected. Little depth & complexity. Might be past its prime, ergo no rating. Had just 1 bottle. Urge you to drink 1, if you have any....
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4/9/2022 - VDLT Wine Likes this wine:
On first whiff, I was concerned this was an overheated, steroidal Napa Cabernet. Lo and behold, it is soft, fresh and very lively. I would have liked more complexity and a deeper, longer finish but it was very pleasurable and food-flexible.
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5/2/2020 - The Raven Likes this wine: 92 Points
Amazing wine
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10/25/2019 - BrunelloBob wrote: flawed
Auction purchase, WineBid.
Felt pretty good about successfully extracting the 100% soaked cork...color looked great...nose: CORKED. Shame, some nice red fruit underneath the mess.
Winebid seems to sell me a disproportionate # of corked wines.
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1/18/2019 - BrunelloBob wrote: 90 Points
Auction purchase. 98% cork bleed.
A bit of air, in bottle, actually softened this a bit. That was interesting. I'm not sure I realized that a wine could be so "big" and so mature at the same time. Black olive, plum, prune, fig, better than average length. Pretty good load of acidity and some tannin still there. One's probably enough. CT says I had two.
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2/4/2009 - ggkemp wrote:
Good, lighter than expected. Little depth & complexity. Might be past its prime, ergo no rating. Had just 1 bottle. Urge you to drink 1, if you have any....
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