Shared with group at Christmas dinner. Alcohol and oak prominent on the nose. Not much fruit IMO, but friend thought it was improving with air at 30-minute point. Didn’t get any jammy fruit mentioned by others
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A total fruit bomb, very ripe and jammy. Not as cynical as my last note but the general sentiment pervades. Not all that complex, really ripe and kinda boring.
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Sweet, ripe jammy fruit, lots of prune, raisin notes. Wine with little nuance or character. Good enough for a glass, but it becomes heavy and alcoholic. A goopy fruit bomb, not my thing.
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"He" was a 91 and "she" was at 89, so here's the compromise. We both like this wine, lots of dark fruit and spice with a nice pepper. "He" likes a more fruit forward flavor profile and this wine delivers that, and in a nicely balanced way. There is a good dark fruit nose and a long spicy finish.
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Took to Labor Day cookout. Rough. Lots of alcohol and no fruit present on nose or palette. Even hours later. Maybe it needed 2-day decant. I have one bottle left and I hope it matches the others' impressions.
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12/25/2017 - nefarm wrote:
Shared with group at Christmas dinner. Alcohol and oak prominent on the nose. Not much fruit IMO, but friend thought it was improving with air at 30-minute point. Didn’t get any jammy fruit mentioned by others
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11/8/2017 - PT insurgent wrote:
A total fruit bomb, very ripe and jammy. Not as cynical as my last note but the general sentiment pervades. Not all that complex, really ripe and kinda boring.
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8/26/2017 - PT insurgent wrote:
Sweet, ripe jammy fruit, lots of prune, raisin notes. Wine with little nuance or character. Good enough for a glass, but it becomes heavy and alcoholic. A goopy fruit bomb, not my thing.
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7/18/2017 - blabbott wrote: 90 Points
"He" was a 91 and "she" was at 89, so here's the compromise. We both like this wine, lots of dark fruit and spice with a nice pepper. "He" likes a more fruit forward flavor profile and this wine delivers that, and in a nicely balanced way. There is a good dark fruit nose and a long spicy finish.
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9/4/2016 - nefarm Does not like this wine:
Took to Labor Day cookout. Rough. Lots of alcohol and no fruit present on nose or palette. Even hours later. Maybe it needed 2-day decant. I have one bottle left and I hope it matches the others' impressions.
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