Still holding up but fading a bit. Better and more revealing on day 2. Upon opening this was a bit one dimensional, a bit rough around the edges. Not much fruit but some cedar and forest floor on the palate. 24 hours later, the harshness had disappeared but so had the tannins. Fruit had emerged to replace some of the dusty, forest floor aspects.
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Deep garnet color. May have been a bit of bricking at the rim but so limited as to be hard to tell. Nose of ripe berry. A little more herbal than expected upon opening but the fruit emerged after an hour or so. Mostly dark fruit, blackberry, cassis on the palate with a bit of spice, olive and mushroom. Full bodied with a long lingering finish. Still something of a tannic backbone to this.
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Deep dark center, red rim with some signs of age. Sweet, brambles and briar, ripe with mature red fruit. Smooth, plums and cassis, sweet brambles, black olives, modest tannins, complex, integrated oak, good length. Drinking well now.
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3/29/2021 - cowartl1 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Still drinking well. Tannins still prominent but soft.
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9/15/2020 - wconnolly Likes this wine: 89 Points
Still holding up but fading a bit. Better and more revealing on day 2. Upon opening this was a bit one dimensional, a bit rough around the edges. Not much fruit but some cedar and forest floor on the palate.
24 hours later, the harshness had disappeared but so had the tannins. Fruit had emerged to replace some of the dusty, forest floor aspects.
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5/9/2020 - YankeeRobio Likes this wine: 90 Points
Enjoyable wine, but lacking in depth and character, especially from a very good vintage
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9/5/2019 - wconnolly Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep garnet color. May have been a bit of bricking at the rim but so limited as to be hard to tell. Nose of ripe berry. A little more herbal than expected upon opening but the fruit emerged after an hour or so. Mostly dark fruit, blackberry, cassis on the palate with a bit of spice, olive and mushroom. Full bodied with a long lingering finish. Still something of a tannic backbone to this.
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8/20/2016 - pdadams66 Likes this wine: 90 Points
Deep dark center, red rim with some signs of age.
Sweet, brambles and briar, ripe with mature red fruit.
Smooth, plums and cassis, sweet brambles, black olives, modest tannins, complex, integrated oak, good length.
Drinking well now.
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