This wine is in a perfect place for those of you who were patient enough ro wait until now. Recommend consumption this year. It has smoothed out as the tannins have softened to allow for the oak and fruit to merge in harmony. The result is a real treat that won't get much better...
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Decanted for approximately 45 minutes....Deep purple hue...dark berries, mocha, with some oak on the nose...Blackberry jam, cassis, spices, espresso, and some tar on the palate....full bodied and masculine in intensity. The tannins are smooth and well integrated. Drinking beautifully at the moment. Drink or hold for another 3-5 years tops.
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Huge wine, full and solid tannins, much more forward than most for a 2012. Thick blue fruit, nealrly jammy, but not quite. Blackberry, Cassis, and some mocha. Actually could stand five more years without any trouble, although I’d be concerned about drying out if over ten more years. Opened very nicely - decant! A special wine, very enjoyable.
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6/25/2022 - Eagle13 wrote: 94 Points
This wine is in a perfect place for those of you who were patient enough ro wait until now. Recommend consumption this year. It has smoothed out as the tannins have softened to allow for the oak and fruit to merge in harmony. The result is a real treat that won't get much better...
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11/21/2020 - Bodyfxr wrote: 93 Points
Decanted for approximately 45 minutes....Deep purple hue...dark berries, mocha, with some oak on the nose...Blackberry jam, cassis, spices, espresso, and some tar on the palate....full bodied and masculine in intensity. The tannins are smooth and well integrated. Drinking beautifully at the moment. Drink or hold for another 3-5 years tops.
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9/8/2018 - Ebartone Likes this wine: 96 Points
Huge wine, full and solid tannins, much more forward than most for a 2012. Thick blue fruit, nealrly jammy, but not quite. Blackberry, Cassis, and some mocha. Actually could stand five more years without any trouble, although I’d be concerned about drying out if over ten more years. Opened very nicely - decant! A special wine, very enjoyable.
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6/9/2018 - Grinner wrote: 95 Points
PHMG WAG Parent-Child Pairs (CabS vs. Franc) (Mom and Dad Lyon's): My WOTN, everything you would want in a mountain Cab. Big ripe black fruit, wet stone/gravel, herbs, espresso, and cigar notes. Long and tannic, still great on day 2. Now-2027.
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11/12/2017 - BigBoy_Sonoma Likes this wine: 93 Points
Blackberries, spice, herbal notes, cedar, cassis, pepper, fine tobacco. A
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