Open and plush on the palate, this is showing a nice balance of fruit and developing tertiary notes. This has held up nicely, but I feel like it has probably peaked. I wouldn’t hold for much longer.
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Although generally atypical of FM, this bottle was showing some disjointedness that I think can come with age. I decanted it for 2 hours in a wide-bottomed one, sampled it along the way, and drank over the next 2-3 hours, on the palate this had 3 strong and divergent tangents of dark fruit, alcohol, and wandering acidity. They did not play together at all and made for an unpleasant, disappointing experience. Hopefully, my last bottle will be different.
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I opened this on 9/21/18 because I was disappointed in a bottle opened by friends last weekend and wanted to check on one of mine. I decanted it for three hours and found this one much better. It had a rich, deep, powerful bouquet of plum, blackberry, black olive, bacon, anise, pepper and spice aromas. The palate was rich, powerful, dense and dry with flavors of blackberry, plum, black olive, burnt toast, licorice, spice and minerals.
Friends opened this for our 9/14/18 game night. It had a rich, deep, dark, bouquet of char, burnt toast, plum, blackberry, bacon and spice aromas. The palate was rich, dense and dark with flavors that followed the nose. 90+
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4/12/2022 - WACABLOVER wrote:
As Hall and Oates would sing, “She’s Gone”. I do love the winery though. This one is on me.
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3/4/2020 - Fugu Me Likes this wine:
Open and plush on the palate, this is showing a nice balance of fruit and developing tertiary notes. This has held up nicely, but I feel like it has probably peaked. I wouldn’t hold for much longer.
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2/8/2020 - wine247365 Does not like this wine: 84 Points
Although generally atypical of FM, this bottle was showing some disjointedness that I think can come with age. I decanted it for 2 hours in a wide-bottomed one, sampled it along the way, and drank over the next 2-3 hours, on the palate this had 3 strong and divergent tangents of dark fruit, alcohol, and wandering acidity. They did not play together at all and made for an unpleasant, disappointing experience. Hopefully, my last bottle will be different.
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9/21/2018 - garambler Likes this wine: 93 Points
I opened this on 9/21/18 because I was disappointed in a bottle opened by friends last weekend and wanted to check on one of mine. I decanted it for three hours and found this one much better. It had a rich, deep, powerful bouquet of plum, blackberry, black olive, bacon, anise, pepper and spice aromas. The palate was rich, powerful, dense and dry with flavors of blackberry, plum, black olive, burnt toast, licorice, spice and minerals.
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9/14/2018 - garambler wrote: 91 Points
Friends opened this for our 9/14/18 game night. It had a rich, deep, dark, bouquet of char, burnt toast, plum, blackberry, bacon and spice aromas. The palate was rich, dense and dark with flavors that followed the nose. 90+
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