Three years since the last one and forgotten bottles so not much expectation. Good bright colour which was encouraging but first smell was stinky. Bit dirty and animal. A little time and a lot of swirling brought it to life. Turned into a very good bottle. Mature fruit with some underbrush and slightly sour strawberries. Vigorous on palate and broadened and sweetened with time. Drank over three hours and was at its best at the end. Open earlier for the two remaining bottles.
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Light colour mid red a little brown. Not much nose to start then a little strawberry and sous bois. Palate at first hard with acidity dominant but really filled out and sweetened with time. Second half of bottle much better than first. Hard to guess where this is going.
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LILA Tasting: Beaut. amber-rust color; Soft musky cologne, hint swt rasp; no real “old” notes; slite dried leaf old notes in mth, perfectly integrated w/soft but rich t’s, some cherry in there. In grt. shape, plenty of structure, t/a’s well int., nice for char-3 yrs+?
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5/17/2020 - redders Likes this wine: 90 Points
Three years since the last one and forgotten bottles so not much expectation. Good bright colour which was encouraging but first smell was stinky. Bit dirty and animal. A little time and a lot of swirling brought it to life. Turned into a very good bottle. Mature fruit with some underbrush and slightly sour strawberries. Vigorous on palate and broadened and sweetened with time. Drank over three hours and was at its best at the end.
Open earlier for the two remaining bottles.
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3/25/2017 - redders Likes this wine: 89 Points
Light colour mid red a little brown. Not much nose to start then a little strawberry and sous bois. Palate at first hard with acidity dominant but really filled out and sweetened with time. Second half of bottle much better than first. Hard to guess where this is going.
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7/18/2011 - redders wrote: 89 Points
Mature colour strawberry and sous bois nose well balanced and still fruit on finish lacks a bit of class but a good wine
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3/31/2006 - peternelson wrote: 90 Points
LILA Tasting: Beaut. amber-rust color; Soft musky cologne, hint swt rasp; no real “old” notes; slite dried leaf old notes in mth, perfectly integrated w/soft but rich t’s, some cherry in there. In grt. shape, plenty of structure, t/a’s well int., nice for char-3 yrs+?
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