Had a bottle open of 4 days and each day it developed and improved. Day one was about tart fruit (85); day 2 smoothed out the tartness and allowed some tight tannin to develop(86); day three the wine smoothed and the tannin turned silky(87); day four the fruit and tannin integrated into a silky smooth and lush mouth and long finish(88).
I really don't know what to recommend as far as aging to bring this out....my guess is to age for another 3 or four years to allow it to integrate in the stored bottles. It has some acidity to support aging but it will be a race between aging nicely and just getting old.
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a nice medium plum red with wide edges. Nose is a light earth and a cranberryish fruit note. It tastes a slightly tart cherry/strawberry and a nice dry full mouth feeling. Finish is that dry with lingering very light tart cherry.
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1/28/2021 - wtianseter wrote: 87 Points
Last bottle I have. Still alive and well. Has a bit of nice elegance as it .
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10/1/2019 - wtianseter wrote: 86 Points
Dry fruit and dty tannin are the focus of this wine
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2/8/2017 - wtianseter wrote: 87 Points
As this wine has set in the cellar it has gained a nice complexity that improves the entire full mouth.
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4/14/2015 - wtianseter wrote: 87 Points
Had a bottle open of 4 days and each day it developed and improved.
Day one was about tart fruit (85); day 2 smoothed out the tartness and allowed some tight tannin to develop(86); day three the wine smoothed and the tannin turned silky(87); day four the fruit and tannin integrated into a silky smooth and lush mouth and long finish(88).
I really don't know what to recommend as far as aging to bring this out....my guess is to age for another 3 or four years to allow it to integrate in the stored bottles. It has some acidity to support aging but it will be a race between aging nicely and just getting old.
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1/27/2013 - wtianseter Likes this wine: 86 Points
a nice medium plum red with wide edges. Nose is a light earth and a cranberryish fruit note. It tastes a slightly tart cherry/strawberry and a nice dry full mouth feeling. Finish is that dry with lingering very light tart cherry.
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