Very interesting evolution over time. At first, the wine was sort of sharp and much too acidic (at least for my taste). After decanting, and 1-3 hours of breathing, during which I was drinking, it really came into balance.
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Decanted off moderate sediment. Color is dark garnet. Nose shows green olives and burnt rubber, with vigorous swirling starts to reveal macerated blackberries. Quite silky on the palate. Restrained but complex, blackberries are there but taking a backseat to camphor, smoked meat, and black pepper. Finish is moderately long, with mouth-drying but refined tannins. Quite a nice bottle of wine, fantastic value from the winery, and lots of life left.
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2/5/2011 - John Nezlek wrote: 90 Points
Very interesting evolution over time. At first, the wine was sort of sharp and much too acidic (at least for my taste). After decanting, and 1-3 hours of breathing, during which I was drinking, it really came into balance.
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1/12/2011 - MotoMannequin wrote: 90 Points
Decanted off moderate sediment. Color is dark garnet. Nose shows green olives and burnt rubber, with vigorous swirling starts to reveal macerated blackberries. Quite silky on the palate. Restrained but complex, blackberries are there but taking a backseat to camphor, smoked meat, and black pepper. Finish is moderately long, with mouth-drying but refined tannins. Quite a nice bottle of wine, fantastic value from the winery, and lots of life left.
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12/25/2010 - cmkjbs wrote: 90 Points
Still lush delicious dark dried fruit.
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12/4/2010 - cmkjbs wrote: 92 Points
Elegant, delicious. Dark chocolate and plum on the palate. Ready to drink now.
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11/18/2008 - Armando B wrote: 88 Points
Dark fruit (blackberry) with very nice olive notes. a bit overextracted. Throwing a lot of sediment. No hurry to drink this wine, IMO.
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