Short decant as this was an alternate to a bottle that tasted a little flat. It still needs some air and improved after it was open a while in the decanter.
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Interesting wine with a lot of time left, it seems. May even still be in its dumb phase.
This needed a LONG decant before it was started to put it together (3+ hours before it was even drinkable).
At first it tasted quite disjointed, with lots of rubbing alcohol/heat. After a decant, it settled down and was great, with lots of black fruits anf baking spices on the nose, spice and black fruits on the palate, and chocoloate and spices on the finish.
This was good at its peak, but it needed quite a bit of tine.
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Took a few minutes to open up, but then was full of dark fruit with Asian long pepper, vanilla, and leather. Excellent after the first 15 minutes or so. Still mostly primary, but in a nice spot.
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5/12/2019 - PolarBear22 wrote: 89 Points
Short decant as this was an alternate to a bottle that tasted a little flat. It still needs some air and improved after it was open a while in the decanter.
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3/28/2017 - aces219 Likes this wine:
This stuff is awesome right now! Very smooth. Worth the wait.
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7/13/2016 - Schaeferr Likes this wine: 88 Points
Interesting wine with a lot of time left, it seems. May even still be in its dumb phase.
This needed a LONG decant before it was started to put it together (3+ hours before it was even drinkable).
At first it tasted quite disjointed, with lots of rubbing alcohol/heat. After a decant, it settled down and was great, with lots of black fruits anf baking spices on the nose, spice and black fruits on the palate, and chocoloate and spices on the finish.
This was good at its peak, but it needed quite a bit of tine.
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5/20/2015 - klezman wrote:
Took a few minutes to open up, but then was full of dark fruit with Asian long pepper, vanilla, and leather. Excellent after the first 15 minutes or so. Still mostly primary, but in a nice spot.
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12/25/2014 - fruitofthevine wrote: 88 Points
Nice fruit. Needed time to open up, in a bit of a dumb phase right now
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