Lots to like here. Dark fruit, smoky oak, underbrush, and sandalwood aromas. The palate is full bodied and structured, shifting to plump cherry and red currant flavors lifted by a luscious mouthfeel of racy acidity. I could feel this gaining layers of depth and complexity as the night wore on, with black tea tannin gaining steam on the long, youthful finish.
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This wine was ugly upon opened, I leave it alone for about 3 hours and revisit it, then it was nice and enjoyable. Medium+ body, nice perfumes and fair finish.
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It's a solid wine.....don't know how it made it to the WS top 100 but I think you know.....if it can be had at a decent price it's a nice drinker. Good fruit, well balanced, just not a well endowed, dramatic, powerful wine.
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9/2/2023 - Barry Raterink Likes this wine: 90 Points
Good wine but not nearly as structured as the 2012 which we drank at the same time. Very round and lush wine but didn't hold up over 4 hours.
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1/8/2022 - Ridgerunner Likes this wine: 92 Points
These wines really excel in the category of table wine +
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12/25/2021 - Baron Slick wrote: 93 Points
Lots to like here. Dark fruit, smoky oak, underbrush, and sandalwood aromas. The palate is full bodied and structured, shifting to plump cherry and red currant flavors lifted by a luscious mouthfeel of racy acidity. I could feel this gaining layers of depth and complexity as the night wore on, with black tea tannin gaining steam on the long, youthful finish.
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12/8/2019 - gteran76 Likes this wine: 90 Points
This wine was ugly upon opened, I leave it alone for about 3 hours and revisit it, then it was nice and enjoyable. Medium+ body, nice perfumes and fair finish.
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6/28/2019 - Mark1npt Likes this wine: 91 Points
It's a solid wine.....don't know how it made it to the WS top 100 but I think you know.....if it can be had at a decent price it's a nice drinker. Good fruit, well balanced, just not a well endowed, dramatic, powerful wine.
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