This bottle showed much better than a slightly flat bottle of the 2004 vintage a couple weeks ago. The Tannin is mostly resolved, but enough remains to give it some spine. Some evolution of flavors from fruity toward toward the earthy/savory spectrum, though perhaps not as much as I'd hoped for. This was not as good a showing as a bottle of this a few years ago 90-91ish
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Hdr Closing Tasting: I missed Stolpman on Day 1 and there were a few mags of various vintages still open and left over but under the table. Peter said it was not as good today, but poured some anyway. So no rating. Still, I found the nose slightly oxidized but still nice. very fresh and lively on the palate. Good fruit. I have no doubt these will age just fine. Plenty of nice black raspberry fruit. Good complexity.
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Lots of life left. Gets plusher and more balanced with air. A really nice midweek syrah. Not tons of complexity but really nice fruit with some backbone.
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1/21/2018 - thalver wrote:
This bottle showed much better than a slightly flat bottle of the 2004 vintage a couple weeks ago. The Tannin is mostly resolved, but enough remains to give it some spine. Some evolution of flavors from fruity toward toward the earthy/savory spectrum, though perhaps not as much as I'd hoped for. This was not as good a showing as a bottle of this a few years ago 90-91ish
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10/16/2016 - jonwill Likes this wine: 94 Points
Still has the stuff! Amazing bright fruit despite its age, this is a classic.
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4/19/2016 - Loren Sonkin wrote:
Hdr Closing Tasting: I missed Stolpman on Day 1 and there were a few mags of various vintages still open and left over but under the table. Peter said it was not as good today, but poured some anyway. So no rating. Still, I found the nose slightly oxidized but still nice. very fresh and lively on the palate. Good fruit. I have no doubt these will age just fine. Plenty of nice black raspberry fruit. Good complexity.
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1/8/2016 - the godfather wrote:
similar to last note, lots of OAK. This tastes like it was released yesterday
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10/10/2015 - iamandyc wrote: 89 Points
Lots of life left. Gets plusher and more balanced with air. A really nice midweek syrah. Not tons of complexity but really nice fruit with some backbone.
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