Day one - insipid, overly tannic and green notes. Only good things were the beautiful nose and youthful pure color. Set aside in the decanter for a day. Tannins much softer, but still stern. Nose and color remain wonderful. Green notes still present but softer. Wine has put on some weight. Much better, but not all that pleasing. Something amiss here. Not a 95 point wine. Perhaps a declassified wine of a higher order that went bad. ???
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The wine looks inky colored. The legs are slow. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like forest floor, mushroom and meaty. The body is full. The wine has coarse texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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Deep purple in color. After about 30 mins in the glass aromas of blackberries, graphite, spice and pepper emerge. Very full bodied in the mouth with savory black fruits mixed with pan drippings, creosote, medium acidity and tannins still present in the grippy finish.
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10/4/2023 - capacious Likes this wine: 89 Points
Haven’t open in years, left it in the wake of the CNDP, Cote Rotie but a very good surprise, nothing amazing, a good value, different enough.
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1/17/2022 - Geoff Likes this wine: 90 Points
Aging very nicely. Still plenty of fruit, smooth sweet tannins and some secondary notes. A little green note on the late finish. Very nice.
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8/5/2019 - Geoff wrote: 87 Points
Day one - insipid, overly tannic and green notes. Only good things were the beautiful nose and youthful pure color. Set aside in the decanter for a day. Tannins much softer, but still stern. Nose and color remain wonderful. Green notes still present but softer. Wine has put on some weight. Much better, but not all that pleasing. Something amiss here. Not a 95 point wine. Perhaps a declassified wine of a higher order that went bad. ???
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2/21/2017 - DStone Likes this wine: 90 Points
The wine looks inky colored. The legs are slow. There is heavy sediment in the bottle. It smells like forest floor, mushroom and meaty. The body is full. The wine has coarse texture. The wine finishes medium. The wine has medium acidity.
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1/8/2017 - devraj Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep purple in color. After about 30 mins in the glass aromas of blackberries, graphite, spice and pepper emerge. Very full bodied in the mouth with savory black fruits mixed with pan drippings, creosote, medium acidity and tannins still present in the grippy finish.
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