So, I found a couple of bottles hiding in my cellar. Looked at the vintage and thought, oops. But happily unlike the commenter from 2011, mine doesn't seem like it is on the way to vinegar. Nice, red fruits, good acidity. Going to be great tonight with pasta with broccoli rabe and sausage.
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Aromas of cherry, dark berries and oak. Flavors of berries, cherry and spice that finishes with lush tannins and a racy acidity. There is predominant oak throughout the wine and the vintage is more fuller than previous years. Excellent!
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Dark ruby color, quite a bit darker than earlier vintages. Cherries with a significant blackberry overlay with a bit of toasty oak on the nose. Medium body with some lush, ripe tannins and excellent acidity. Mouthfilling sweet, mixed berries and tart cherries coat the palate with a bit of spicy oak in the background. Finish is exceptionally long and full of spicy, sweet fruit. This wine is like the previous vintages on steroids. The only negative point, and it is a very minor one is that a bit of oak comes out a the very end of the long, long finish. This is a significant wine, not something to uncork with appetizers.
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5/3/2017 - pvinon Likes this wine:
So, I found a couple of bottles hiding in my cellar. Looked at the vintage and thought, oops. But happily unlike the commenter from 2011, mine doesn't seem like it is on the way to vinegar. Nice, red fruits, good acidity. Going to be great tonight with pasta with broccoli rabe and sausage.
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8/23/2011 - floundertheengineer wrote:
Past its prime and on its way to vinegar :(
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11/13/2006 - Charlie007 wrote: 90 Points
GOOD!!!! Easy to drink red with tons of complexity!
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7/23/2006 - matthen wrote: 91 Points
Aromas of cherry, dark berries and oak. Flavors of berries, cherry and spice that finishes with lush tannins and a racy acidity. There is predominant oak throughout the wine and the vintage is more fuller than previous years. Excellent!
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2/6/2006 - cbbrown3 wrote: 92 Points
Dark ruby color, quite a bit darker than earlier vintages. Cherries with a significant blackberry overlay with a bit of toasty oak on the nose. Medium body with some lush, ripe tannins and excellent acidity. Mouthfilling sweet, mixed berries and tart cherries coat the palate with a bit of spicy oak in the background. Finish is exceptionally long and full of spicy, sweet fruit. This wine is like the previous vintages on steroids. The only negative point, and it is a very minor one is that a bit of oak comes out a the very end of the long, long finish. This is a significant wine, not something to uncork with appetizers.
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