Chocolaty ripe berry nose with good depth, but decent structure and tannins behind. Good now if you like forward fruit with depth; wait several years if you want more complexity -- has the stuffing to gain with some more time. 89-90
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purple opaque color Ripe blackberry and vanilla flavors. Good mouth feel and dry, with a mice finish. Another one to three years in the bottle and this should be even better.
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Opaque purple/garnet appearance. Ripe black currants, black cherries, pencil shavings, and vanilla aromas and flavors are grounded by subtle, earthy and loamy elements. Full-bodied, dry, elegant and youthful, this gains traction mid-palate, picking up cocoa and graphite on the grippy finish. Another year in the bottle will round this out nicely.
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12/17/2021 - aChave wrote: 89 Points
Consistent with previous impression. Has now smoothed out though the deep fruit is still a feature. Nicely made.
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5/20/2016 - aChave wrote: 89 Points
Chocolaty ripe berry nose with good depth, but decent structure and tannins behind. Good now if you like forward fruit with depth; wait several years if you want more complexity -- has the stuffing to gain with some more time. 89-90
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1/20/2015 - Mech-E wrote: flawed
Corked :(
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1/27/2014 - Ctaylor5 wrote: 88 Points
purple opaque color Ripe blackberry and vanilla flavors. Good mouth feel and dry, with a mice finish. Another one to three years in the bottle and this should be even better.
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10/5/2013 - Baron Slick wrote: 89 Points
Opaque purple/garnet appearance. Ripe black currants, black cherries, pencil shavings, and vanilla aromas and flavors are grounded by subtle, earthy and loamy elements. Full-bodied, dry, elegant and youthful, this gains traction mid-palate, picking up cocoa and graphite on the grippy finish. Another year in the bottle will round this out nicely.
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