Vinturied into decant, consumed over several hours. This hasn’t aged well, my earlier btls were certainly better. The ripe fruit is disappearing into a overly oaked mismatch. Past prime and descending. Drink now thru now.
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full bodied and dark crimson in color. shows with a nose of plum, cassis, and cedar. on the palate I get blackberry, heavy plum, blueberry, cassis, and a bit too much oak. a little too ripe and over the top with 14.6 abv. not exactly a fruit bomb, but classic cali cab nonetheless. I enjoyed earlier bottles better....go figure!
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VERY solid wine. Typical, black fruit on the tip of the tongue—cassis, blackberry. Some dustiness. I would say that as a result of the years bottle age the tannins that have provided nice structure are very much resolved. So, not in your face. Very pleasant, lingering aftertaste.
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10/31/2021 - wino121 wrote: 92 Points
PNP, still delicious, fresh too, so it seemed.
Ripe easy fruit with a seamless finish. This is in a great spot now.
Drink now plus 2-4.years
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8/8/2021 - wino121 wrote: 89 Points
Vinturied into decant, consumed over several hours.
This hasn’t aged well, my earlier btls were certainly better. The ripe fruit is disappearing
into a overly oaked mismatch.
Past prime and descending.
Drink now thru now.
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11/21/2019 - vinus_operandi wrote: 90 Points
full bodied and dark crimson in color. shows with a nose of plum, cassis, and cedar. on the palate I get blackberry, heavy plum, blueberry, cassis, and a bit too much oak. a little too ripe and over the top with 14.6 abv. not exactly a fruit bomb, but classic cali cab nonetheless. I enjoyed earlier bottles better....go figure!
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4/8/2019 - dgcaldwell Likes this wine: 90 Points
Decanted for 45 min, great nose and jammy body, but it felt like it was truncated and was not completely opened up.
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4/21/2018 - EMark Likes this wine:
VERY solid wine. Typical, black fruit on the tip of the tongue—cassis, blackberry. Some dustiness. I would say that as a result of the years bottle age the tannins that have provided nice structure are very much resolved. So, not in your face. Very pleasant, lingering aftertaste.
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