Tight, firm and cool, could certainly be a Northern Rhône, one feels the tough year, and this won't go on forever, but as of now, it is a very fine food wine, good acidity, very typical for the grape. When served blind for the boys, only MB picked out Australia - this wine holds well on day 2&3.
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Clear medium garnet colour. Nose is clean medium+ cassis and black pepper Palate is medium acid, low tannin, medium- body with pepper dominant over black fruits. Very good quality, not overly complex but lovely drinking right now. Won't get better imo.
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Still quite tight, fruit is very black. Structurally big, not a lot of tannin. Just needs more time. Interesting to see if there's enough fruit to develop.
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2/14/2021 - Dalcellar Likes this wine: 91 Points
Ok, can see why the two wines were blended to produce a drinkable wine from a very troubled 2011 vintage.
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12/14/2019 - beatles wrote: 90 Points
Tight, firm and cool, could certainly be a Northern Rhône, one feels the tough year, and this won't go on forever, but as of now, it is a very fine food wine, good acidity, very typical for the grape. When served blind for the boys, only MB picked out Australia - this wine holds well on day 2&3.
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8/11/2017 - deanmillson Likes this wine: 90 Points
Clear medium garnet colour.
Nose is clean medium+ cassis and black pepper
Palate is medium acid, low tannin, medium- body with pepper dominant over black fruits.
Very good quality, not overly complex but lovely drinking right now. Won't get better imo.
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1/21/2017 - TheThirstyYau wrote: 87 Points
Still quite tight, fruit is very black. Structurally big, not a lot of tannin. Just needs more time. Interesting to see if there's enough fruit to develop.
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5/24/2013 - startinoz wrote: 90 Points
Lots of black pepper.
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