Immediate black berry and blue berry nose; grapey. It is like walking through a field following a fox hunt, with olfactory impressions of the animal participants, including trampled grasses; dung; clods of soil; leather and so on. After 30 minutes this hunt loses its hormonal fruit impact, dulling out into merely red wine.
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Intersting wine with more depth than complexity (as odd as that sounds). It held up well from Thursday evening to Saturday evening. By Saturday, it tasted more like a Cab. Sau. than it was on Thursday, especially the aftertaste. It components were nicely balanced and well-integrated; if anything, it would benefit from *a little* more acidity. Very good to Excellent.
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drank with pizza at a fram dinner and finished up the next night with grilled salmon. was very nice both nights. smooth and silky with little tannins. judy liked this one alot.
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1/19/2011 - pnwsun wrote:
burst of fruit up front on first night. more restrained the second. medium body with smooth finish. nice.
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7/18/2010 - devman wrote: 86 Points
Approaching its prime. Very flavorful, went well with salmon. Great fruit and mild tannin, a bit of acid in it and a long finish.
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4/12/2009 - queneau wrote: 88 Points
Immediate black berry and blue berry nose; grapey. It is like walking through a field following a fox hunt, with olfactory impressions of the animal participants, including trampled grasses; dung; clods of soil; leather and so on.
After 30 minutes this hunt loses its hormonal fruit impact, dulling out into merely red wine.
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10/24/2008 - LewisDowney wrote: 89 Points
Intersting wine with more depth than complexity (as odd as that sounds). It held up well from Thursday evening to Saturday evening. By Saturday, it tasted more like a Cab. Sau. than it was on Thursday, especially the aftertaste. It components were nicely balanced and well-integrated; if anything, it would benefit from *a little* more acidity. Very good to Excellent.
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8/5/2007 - pnwsun wrote:
drank with pizza at a fram dinner and finished up the next night with grilled salmon. was very nice both nights. smooth and silky with little tannins. judy liked this one alot.
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