Ken's 60th Birthday (Smyth - Chicago, IL): Side-by-side with the '00. Surprisingly, I found this to be just a notch or to behind the '00. No signs of over-ripe fruit or heat. Rather, this is impeccably balanced. Kept improving in the glass. And an exotic spice note, that I really liked, became more prominent with time. Seems to have plenty of acid to keep aging. Wonderful.
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Ken's 60th Birthday (Smyth and The Loyalist - Chicago IL): Served alongside the 2000. Nicely spiced with apricot and poached pear. Excellent weight, good length. Less subtle or complex vs the 2000. Nicely fresh and balanced for the vintage.
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Rich ripe nearly lush aromatically. A rich forward style, nice red apple, sexy pure And long. Sexy ripe pure and long. Quite pretty with an amazing flavor profile. Served along side the 2000, thus shows a bit more of the vintage ripeness and not quite as elegant, yet somgood.
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5/3/2023 - fcxj wrote: 96 Points
Hint of ripeness comes thru the bitterness at the back of palate, but this is well put together nonetheless and very clean. (2236)
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3/26/2019 - nywine68 wrote: 91 Points
An Evening of Vinous Merriment and Majesty Among Friends (Craft, New York): Both the 2003 and 1990 tasted alongside it were very fragrant on the nose. Both were big round wines with prevalent oak and vanilla. More brute force than elegance. The '03 showed the signs of the very hot vintage.
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12/1/2018 - Nanda wrote: 96 Points
Ken's 60th Birthday (Smyth - Chicago, IL): Side-by-side with the '00. Surprisingly, I found this to be just a notch or to behind the '00. No signs of over-ripe fruit or heat. Rather, this is impeccably balanced. Kept improving in the glass. And an exotic spice note, that I really liked, became more prominent with time. Seems to have plenty of acid to keep aging. Wonderful.
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12/1/2018 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Ken's 60th Birthday (Smyth and The Loyalist - Chicago IL): Served alongside the 2000. Nicely spiced with apricot and poached pear. Excellent weight, good length. Less subtle or complex vs the 2000. Nicely fresh and balanced for the vintage.
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12/1/2018 - KenK Likes this wine: 94 Points
Rich ripe nearly lush aromatically. A rich forward style, nice red apple, sexy pure And long. Sexy ripe pure and long. Quite pretty with an amazing flavor profile. Served along side the 2000, thus shows a bit more of the vintage ripeness and not quite as elegant, yet somgood.
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