Quite forward, yet pretty and still elegant nose of red berries and cherries. It's slightly muddled and has a hint of heat that shows the vintage. Nice acidity with ripe berries and fruit on the palate. Very good finish. This was a lovely wine that clearly shows the hot vintage with its ripeness, but balances it out nicely with fresh acidity.
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Warm, spice but hard to escape the heat (alcohol) coming through. Big fruit on the nose overwhelms. Carries over to the palate, where it comes off as sweet and slightly blurred and bruised in composition. Still, very intense and high octane fruit that some will like. Finishes gracefully, though overall not quite enough freshness for me. Best to serve this cool to cold to block the heat.
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Quite a deep colour; full, rich, black fruit flavours, with some freshness still; there is a slightly stalky element and a little hardness on the finish, perhaps a result of the hot vintage. Ample, well rounded and long. This should still keep, although it is unlikely to improve.
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Quite a deep colour; full, rich, with dense, black fruit flavours, mushroom, spice, considerable depth and great length. At its peak now, and very fine.
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5/23/2021 - glou.sf Likes this wine: 93 Points
Quite forward, yet pretty and still elegant nose of red berries and cherries. It's slightly muddled and has a hint of heat that shows the vintage. Nice acidity with ripe berries and fruit on the palate. Very good finish. This was a lovely wine that clearly shows the hot vintage with its ripeness, but balances it out nicely with fresh acidity.
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5/23/2020 - La Grappe wrote: 94 Points
A deep colour; rich, warm, dark-fruited, savoury and long. Quite an intense wine, now fully mature. Excellent.
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1/21/2020 - Robert Pavlovich wrote:
Warm, spice but hard to escape the heat (alcohol) coming through. Big fruit on the nose overwhelms. Carries over to the palate, where it comes off as sweet and slightly blurred and bruised in composition. Still, very intense and high octane fruit that some will like. Finishes gracefully, though overall not quite enough freshness for me. Best to serve this cool to cold to block the heat.
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1/15/2019 - La Grappe wrote: 92 Points
Quite a deep colour; full, rich, black fruit flavours, with some freshness still; there is a slightly stalky element and a little hardness on the finish, perhaps a result of the hot vintage. Ample, well rounded and long. This should still keep, although it is unlikely to improve.
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7/10/2018 - La Grappe wrote: 94 Points
Quite a deep colour; full, rich, with dense, black fruit flavours, mushroom, spice, considerable depth and great length. At its peak now, and very fine.
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