Opened and poured. Very full bodied, thick and dark. Still purples to deep reds. Dark brooding nose showing some secondary's of tar, licorice, cedar, dusty leather. There's almost a bubble gum/mega purple quality to the nose. Shy yet precocious. ON teh palate, plenty of sweet dark blues and blacks. Really nice. Day two under vac-u-vin, amazing Port-like nose has developed, with deep dark aromas of fruit paste, braised blackberry, woody elements....smells just like a ruby port. Fuller body, deeper palate with nice sweetness and fine grained tannins...certainly at peak, or slightly over the hump, but quite lovely.
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fantastic balance and development. can still hold for a few more years but pretty spectacular now. fine acids to still give freshness, and ripe fruit to be typical of the appellation.
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My last of these sand possibly the best bottle yet. This wine has been an insane QPR value and I wish that I had a few more bottles to see where it goes.
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1/17/2021 - Senso-beak wrote: 93 Points
Opened and poured. Very full bodied, thick and dark. Still purples to deep reds. Dark brooding nose showing some secondary's of tar, licorice, cedar, dusty leather. There's almost a bubble gum/mega purple quality to the nose. Shy yet precocious. ON teh palate, plenty of sweet dark blues and blacks. Really nice. Day two under vac-u-vin, amazing Port-like nose has developed, with deep dark aromas of fruit paste, braised blackberry, woody elements....smells just like a ruby port. Fuller body, deeper palate with nice sweetness and fine grained tannins...certainly at peak, or slightly over the hump, but quite lovely.
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8/1/2019 - vintage_whine wrote:
barely evolved, still hasnt reached the complexity it may one day have.fruit is sufficient for further ageing
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4/27/2019 - vintage_whine wrote:
fantastic balance and development. can still hold for a few more years but pretty spectacular now. fine acids to still give freshness, and ripe fruit to be typical of the appellation.
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9/16/2014 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 92 Points
My last of these sand possibly the best bottle yet. This wine has been an insane QPR value and I wish that I had a few more bottles to see where it goes.
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9/22/2013 - dsimmons Likes this wine: 90 Points
Still hanging in there. Great QPR
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