The third of 4 bottles, the last consumed in 2012. This hasn't budged much in the 6 years since I last tried it. My note from March of 2012 pretty much describes today's experience. Pop and pour, consumed over 1 hour. Nose: Medium expressiveness, blackberry, licorice, eucalyptus, and earth. Palate: Medium-full bodied, dark fruit attack with a spice driven mid-palate lift, with earth and chocolate joining in the back end. Finish: Medium length showing spicy dark fruit and black dirt.
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Taunt, structured, high blackberry food-loving wine. Mineral tannins are complemented by rich fruits with deep cassis black currents and raspberry overtones.
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Drinking still nice at this stage. Still a good nose of dark fruits and menthol. A good full, body with a medium finish. I don't think it will get better. Probably should of drank a year or two earlier. Still a very pleasant wine to drink. Drink up.
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4/15/2018 - prasm Likes this wine: 90 Points
The third of 4 bottles, the last consumed in 2012. This hasn't budged much in the 6 years since I last tried it. My note from March of 2012 pretty much describes today's experience. Pop and pour, consumed over 1 hour. Nose: Medium expressiveness, blackberry, licorice, eucalyptus, and earth. Palate: Medium-full bodied, dark fruit attack with a spice driven mid-palate lift, with earth and chocolate joining in the back end. Finish: Medium length showing spicy dark fruit and black dirt.
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10/15/2017 - mk42 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Taunt, structured, high blackberry food-loving wine. Mineral tannins are complemented by rich fruits with deep cassis black currents and raspberry overtones.
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6/24/2017 - CabIsKing wrote: 92 Points
Drinking still nice at this stage. Still a good nose of dark fruits and menthol. A good full, body with a medium finish. I don't think it will get better. Probably should of drank a year or two earlier. Still a very pleasant wine to drink. Drink up.
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12/10/2016 - WineCPA wrote: 92 Points
Drinking very nicely. Firm tannins at first. An hour or two in the decanter did wonders. Incredibly smooth the next day. Black fruit, cocoa.
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6/10/2015 - dontime wrote:
Nice, not exceptional. Dark fruit, coffee, medium mouth feel. Bit thin on the finish but decent length. If scoring, 89-91
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