Decanted the wine for 2 hours. The nose has lost a lot of its fruit, but has nice earthy notes of graphite and tobacco. The palate, however, retains good dark fruit notes and the tobacco carries through. Overall still very nice, but this wine is likely closer to the end of its drinking window than the beginning.
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1/7/2022 - jtreger Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted the wine for 2 hours. The nose has lost a lot of its fruit, but has nice earthy notes of graphite and tobacco. The palate, however, retains good dark fruit notes and the tobacco carries through. Overall still very nice, but this wine is likely closer to the end of its drinking window than the beginning.
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9/28/2017 - PinotPaul Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wonderful
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9/28/2016 - PinotPaul wrote: 92 Points
Wonderful, bright fruit, very well balanced.
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3/14/2015 - AdamGoldston Likes this wine: 90 Points
CA Central Coast versus Rhone tasting. Very popular.
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1/15/2015 - samiamx_1999 wrote: 92 Points
Amazing balance, you would never know this wine is 15.7% alc. Heavy fruit on the palate with some wood on the finish.
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