Multi hour decant, the nose is heavy with dark fruit and toasty elements, as is the palate, which is dense but balanced between fine grained tannins and middle ground acidity.
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Delicious. Quick decant via the Houdini aerator attachment. Equivalent to a normal 1 hour decant. Deep garnet color could not see through the bottom of the glass. On the nose, roasted meat and bacon fat. Cracked black pepper even on the nose. Palate, silky tannins and an unbelievably rich mouthfeel (whole milk).Blackberry, black currant, black pepper. There was a chalky element to the mouthfeel, similar to Rutherford bench but not quite. Long finish, 20 seconds. Loved this wine. Sorry I only had one.
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2hr+ decant. Good amount of sediment. Balance was ok. Med tannis, high alcohol on the nose. Big Cali fruit, plum, smoked meats and coffee. Loads of oak. Not sure it will get any better but have another bottle I’ll let sit for awhile longer. 92
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1/30/2024 - quaffnov Likes this wine: 91 Points
Multi hour decant, the nose is heavy with dark fruit and toasty elements, as is the palate, which is dense but balanced between fine grained tannins and middle ground acidity.
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2/2/2023 - bburke40 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Delicious. Quick decant via the Houdini aerator attachment. Equivalent to a normal 1 hour decant. Deep garnet color could not see through the bottom of the glass. On the nose, roasted meat and bacon fat. Cracked black pepper even on the nose. Palate, silky tannins and an unbelievably rich mouthfeel (whole milk).Blackberry, black currant, black pepper. There was a chalky element to the mouthfeel, similar to Rutherford bench but not quite. Long finish, 20 seconds. Loved this wine. Sorry I only had one.
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6/10/2022 - swade wrote: 90 Points
Ripe, jammy fruit (plums) and smoke. Clean finish. Kind of muscular, but in a good place. 90
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2/20/2022 - RojoVino24 wrote: 92 Points
2hr+ decant. Good amount of sediment. Balance was ok. Med tannis, high alcohol on the nose. Big Cali fruit, plum, smoked meats and coffee. Loads of oak. Not sure it will get any better but have another bottle I’ll let sit for awhile longer. 92
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3/26/2021 - swade wrote: 90 Points
Ripe, plums and slate all night. Wife loved this. 90
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