The nose has a beautiful fresh blackberry, cherry bouquet with a bit of maraschino. For the first second, the fruit translates to palate and then the tannins come in. A few years ago, the tannins had the textural astringency of black tea boiled for an hour. Today, the tannin is less of a texture and more of a profound bitterness that made it undrinkable. What makes me less than sanguine that this wine will ever be anything is that the more air it got the more bitter it became.
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This bottle had a huge extra long extra strong tight mouth-puckering tannin. Fruit was still there and the alcohol was smooth and sweet. The tannin was so huge that it thew the wine out of balance so the wine score is lowered from what it could be by a couple of points.
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This showed nicely. The fruit was dry and bright on the tongue. Middle was dry and medium full. The finish was long with dry fruit flavors and a smooth but still gripping tannin
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5/23/2021 - KSWinegeek wrote: 91 Points
Consistent with last tasting nearly two years ago. Took three hours in decanter to open up.
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4/25/2021 - blackcrowb wrote:
The nose has a beautiful fresh blackberry, cherry bouquet with a bit of maraschino. For the first second, the fruit translates to palate and then the tannins come in. A few years ago, the tannins had the textural astringency of black tea boiled for an hour. Today, the tannin is less of a texture and more of a profound bitterness that made it undrinkable. What makes me less than sanguine that this wine will ever be anything is that the more air it got the more bitter it became.
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12/21/2020 - Cmainardi wrote: 91 Points
PnP. Agree with other assessment. The huge tannins came as no surprise. This wine will probably last another 20 years.
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7/24/2020 - wtianseter wrote: 90 Points
This bottle had a huge extra long extra strong tight mouth-puckering tannin. Fruit was still there and the alcohol was smooth and sweet. The tannin was so huge that it thew the wine out of balance so the wine score is lowered from what it could be by a couple of points.
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4/20/2020 - wtianseter wrote: 91 Points
This showed nicely. The fruit was dry and bright on the tongue. Middle was dry and medium full. The finish was long with dry fruit flavors and a smooth but still gripping tannin
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