Once it opens I get intense aromas of black pepper, candied orange, black cherry, blackberry bramble, cedar, shoe leather, tar, rosemary, and sweet tobacco.
Medium plus acid, grippy / chewy tannins. This is still showing super youthful. Long finish.
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-- decanted 45 min. before initial taste on Day 1 -- -- tasted non-blind over 1.5 - 2 hrs. on Day 1; revisited on Day 3 --
NOSE: medium+ expressiveness; smells young and fruity, in a cool climate type of presentation; dark purple berries; peppery, with hints of brine and cigar; no brett.
BODY: medium bodied; magenta-tinged garnet color of medium-deep depth; no bricking.
TASTE: oooooh ... damn! savory; dark-fruited; high acidity; some char/campfire; tannins are resolved; *very good*!; elegant, but not thin or weak; 13.5% alc. is hidden; young, but wide open. Drink or Hold. This is great! Day 3: earthy and dark-fruited, with hints of musk/leather and black truffle. Still impressive.
B: 50, 5, 13, 18,. 8 = 94
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Delicious blackberry, olive, and floral notes on the nose and savory palate with lovely tannins and acidity on the moderate-long finish. Drinking beautifully!
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12/30/2023 - snamnoum@gmail.com wrote: 91 Points
Pretty tight and closed down initially.
Once it opens I get intense aromas of black pepper, candied orange, black cherry, blackberry bramble, cedar, shoe leather, tar, rosemary, and sweet tobacco.
Medium plus acid, grippy / chewy tannins. This is still showing super youthful. Long finish.
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11/20/2023 - pjhr Likes this wine: 93 Points
As delicious as the last bottle!
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10/19/2023 - jjct Likes this wine:
Generous, but balanced with fruit and savory flavors. Drinking very nicely.
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8/29/2023 - grafstrb wrote: 94 Points
-- decanted 45 min. before initial taste on Day 1 --
-- tasted non-blind over 1.5 - 2 hrs. on Day 1; revisited on Day 3 --
NOSE: medium+ expressiveness; smells young and fruity, in a cool climate type of presentation; dark purple berries; peppery, with hints of brine and cigar; no brett.
BODY: medium bodied; magenta-tinged garnet color of medium-deep depth; no bricking.
TASTE: oooooh ... damn! savory; dark-fruited; high acidity; some char/campfire; tannins are resolved; *very good*!; elegant, but not thin or weak; 13.5% alc. is hidden; young, but wide open. Drink or Hold. This is great! Day 3: earthy and dark-fruited, with hints of musk/leather and black truffle. Still impressive.
B: 50, 5, 13, 18,. 8 = 94
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6/2/2023 - pjhr Likes this wine: 93 Points
Delicious blackberry, olive, and floral notes on the nose and savory palate with lovely tannins and acidity on the moderate-long finish. Drinking beautifully!
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