Extracted but not much of flavor: black tea, tobacco and olive. Acid minus and dry. Fine tannins. lacks the delicious factor. If I wanted to score the structure nd built of the wine, could get a 93 easily, but the experience and joy of the bottle was not more than 88 really.
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Opened to breathe for 2-3h. Lots of oak and tobacco on the nose and palate, well done, with ample black fruit, blackberries mostly, on the palate balanced with acidity in the finish. Aromatic, utterly smooth, and great with dinner tonight. Enjoyed with a vegetable stir fry in French cream sauce over rice dish. 91/92
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Double decanted and taken to a friend’s house to have with Elk medallions. This seems more of a modern International style of wine than I expected. It was quite oak driven on the nose and palate but it did had nice depth of flavor, a good bit of richness and a fairly long finish. Soft and pliant with dark red and black fruit flavors under the spicy oak driven elements.
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Dark color, slight bouquet, wine has lots going for it, good fruit, balance, smooth tannins, drank easily, drank with my pizza with nj sausage and NJ mozzarella, no more left, for a 2010 wine it tasted fresh.
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12/16/2023 - Winiac wrote: 88 Points
Extracted but not much of flavor: black tea, tobacco and olive. Acid minus and dry. Fine tannins. lacks the delicious factor. If I wanted to score the structure nd built of the wine, could get a 93 easily, but the experience and joy of the bottle was not more than 88 really.
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9/27/2023 - Winiac wrote: 87 Points
A bit disappointing for a riserva! Some cooked berry flavors with lack of focus of flavors.
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9/16/2022 - skurtz Likes this wine: 92 Points
Opened to breathe for 2-3h. Lots of oak and tobacco on the nose and palate, well done, with ample black fruit, blackberries mostly, on the palate balanced with acidity in the finish. Aromatic, utterly smooth, and great with dinner tonight. Enjoyed with a vegetable stir fry in French cream sauce over rice dish. 91/92
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8/14/2022 - oldwines Likes this wine: 91 Points
Double decanted and taken to a friend’s house to have with Elk medallions. This seems more of a modern International style of wine than I expected. It was quite oak driven on the nose and palate but it did had nice depth of flavor, a good bit of richness and a fairly long finish. Soft and pliant with dark red and black fruit flavors under the spicy oak driven elements.
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10/1/2021 - mwneil Likes this wine: 92 Points
Dark color, slight bouquet, wine has lots going for it, good fruit, balance, smooth tannins, drank easily, drank with my pizza with nj sausage and NJ mozzarella, no more left, for a 2010 wine it tasted fresh.
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