Broke out this beautiful 1997 at the end of dry January - great choice - as this beauty is still drinking awesome. Elegant nose picking up white pepper, provençal herbs - surprising energy and mid palate berry punch with integrated tannins kicking in leading to a happy long, long finish.
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The last of the case of mixed-vintage library releases that I bought after the '08 market crash. I will really miss these, because the wine was still alive and fresh, but clearly aged with lovely secondary flavors.
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Coravin-ed two samples, but that was a waste because it turned out to be badly corked. Was going to do side by side with 1995, which was still pretty nice though fading.
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had w/ dinner party ... lamb and chicken. opened it 4 hours before dinner, cork was soaked so decanted 2x then let sit. drank very well. velvet like with nice balance. it was thinner than i remembered but guests drank all of it (always a good sign)
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2/4/2024 - bqvino Likes this wine: 92 Points
Broke out this beautiful 1997 at the end of dry January - great choice - as this beauty is still drinking awesome. Elegant nose picking up white pepper, provençal herbs - surprising energy and mid palate berry punch with integrated tannins kicking in leading to a happy long, long finish.
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7/16/2018 - Quarked wrote: 90 Points
The last of the case of mixed-vintage library releases that I bought after the '08 market crash. I will really miss these, because the wine was still alive and fresh, but clearly aged with lovely secondary flavors.
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12/30/2013 - MindMuse wrote: flawed
Coravin-ed two samples, but that was a waste because it turned out to be badly corked. Was going to do side by side with 1995, which was still pretty nice though fading.
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11/10/2013 - mdfuller Likes this wine: 90 Points
had w/ dinner party ... lamb and chicken. opened it 4 hours before dinner, cork was soaked so decanted 2x then let sit. drank very well. velvet like with nice balance. it was thinner than i remembered but guests drank all of it (always a good sign)
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10/6/2013 - dkeyes Likes this wine: 93 Points
Drinking perfectly right now. Very silky, very Napa. Would buy more.
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