Very purple yet, barely showing any age. The fruit is rich enough to overwhelm the structure out of the gate. Overnight that balances out quite nicely. Its still on the softer side and definitely not a structure forward wine. The restraint on the ripeness and new oak really pay off now. You get all those secondary subtleties emerging from the primary fruit fading out. Nice wine. In the zone.
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As others noted, this is drinking really well....at least from half bottle. Still a bit young but the fruit is fairly well integrated with the oak. Really lovely restrained black cherry fruit and plenty of structure. No rush at all but I really enjoyed this!
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This is still wonderful and getting better. It has years ahead of it, but drinking it now is irresistible. Amarena cherry, blackberry, lilac, licorice, tobacco are the flavors, in an elegant and seductive package with fine light tannins and perfect acidity. 13.6% alcohol. In 750 ml this will last years still.
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12/30/2023 - Apeek19 wrote:
A solid wine but nothing special to me at this point. Limited nose and structure, would have preferred this a few years younger.
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11/12/2023 - WetRock wrote:
Very purple yet, barely showing any age. The fruit is rich enough to overwhelm the structure out of the gate. Overnight that balances out quite nicely. Its still on the softer side and definitely not a structure forward wine. The restraint on the ripeness and new oak really pay off now. You get all those secondary subtleties emerging from the primary fruit fading out. Nice wine. In the zone.
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11/10/2023 - RichEB1 Likes this wine: 92 Points
As others noted, this is drinking really well....at least from half bottle. Still a bit young but the fruit is fairly well integrated with the oak. Really lovely restrained black cherry fruit and plenty of structure. No rush at all but I really enjoyed this!
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11/9/2023 - acidqueen wrote: 96 Points
This is still wonderful and getting better. It has years ahead of it, but drinking it now is irresistible. Amarena cherry, blackberry, lilac, licorice, tobacco are the flavors, in an elegant and seductive package with fine light tannins and perfect acidity. 13.6% alcohol. In 750 ml this will last years still.
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10/27/2023 - jhkey wrote:
This wine is at peak. Absolutely astounding. Rich cherry compote, eucalyptus, leather, clove, spices. Drink now. Wow.
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