Fragrant bouquet of ripe blueberries and plums, leather, cocoa and cedar. This needs an hour for the nose to open up more. Palate is rich and dense with velvety tannins at the end. Cassis, licorice and aniseed dominate the full bodied and big structure which is hiding many fine elements. Still very young and will need another 5 years in the bottle. A wine that will last for 2 decades.
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Smoke, truffle, fennel, cocoa and dark cherry aromas lead to a plush, silky, soft wine with a lot of intensity and minerality for the vintage. Give this a few years to develop and it should be even better.
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Deep in color with flowers, stone, blackberry liqueur, coffee, caramel, plum, chocolate mint and smoke, the wine is fleshy, big, dense and concentrated with layers of ripe dark berries. There is a lot of tannin, minerality and oak in the finish. This wine will require time to develop and come together. 92-94 Pts
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8/7/2020 - Psdycp wrote: 94 Points
Fragrant bouquet of ripe blueberries and plums, leather,
cocoa and cedar. This needs an hour for the nose to open up more. Palate is rich and dense with velvety tannins at the end. Cassis, licorice and aniseed dominate the full bodied and big structure which is hiding many fine elements. Still very young and will need another 5 years in the bottle. A wine that will last for 2 decades.
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5/20/2014 - Jeff Leve wrote: 94 Points
Smoke, truffle, fennel, cocoa and dark cherry aromas lead to a plush, silky, soft wine with a lot of intensity and minerality for the vintage. Give this a few years to develop and it should be even better.
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4/24/2012 - Jeff Leve wrote: 93 Points
Deep in color with flowers, stone, blackberry liqueur, coffee, caramel, plum, chocolate mint and smoke, the wine is fleshy, big, dense and concentrated with layers of ripe dark berries. There is a lot of tannin, minerality and oak in the finish. This wine will require time to develop and come together. 92-94 Pts
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4/1/2012 - dcwino wrote: 94 Points
GJE CRD 2008 and EP 2011; 3/29/2012-4/4/2012 (Bordeaux, France): Big, ripe, licorice, cassis, slightly bitter finish with noticeable dry tannins.
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