Firm and expressive bouquet with red fruits like strawberries and licorice. On the palate a lot of firm tastes like black as well as red fruits, a good bit of sweetness and some lactic impressions. Firm amount of bitterness still. Very juicy. Not extremely complex, but certainly a mouth full of good wine with a firm bite. This was my last bottle, but I would not mind drinking this again 2 - 3 years from now.
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Liquorice and red fruits nose, long on the palate with plenty of structure in the tannins and acid. Yet a little hot and not more than the sum of its parts - not harmonious.
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UWS; A mixed set of wines from Italy and France (@ JB): Sweet bouquet with cherries and leather. Same on the palate. Juicy wine with good herbs and spices as well as pleasant bitterness. Not much refinement, but certainly full bodied.
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3/30/2011 - Zweder wrote: 87 Points
Firm and expressive bouquet with red fruits like strawberries and licorice. On the palate a lot of firm tastes like black as well as red fruits, a good bit of sweetness and some lactic impressions. Firm amount of bitterness still. Very juicy. Not extremely complex, but certainly a mouth full of good wine with a firm bite. This was my last bottle, but I would not mind drinking this again 2 - 3 years from now.
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1/15/2011 - mhurford wrote: 87 Points
Liquorice and red fruits nose, long on the palate with plenty of structure in the tannins and acid. Yet a little hot and not more than the sum of its parts - not harmonious.
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4/26/2009 - Zweder wrote: 86 Points
No specific notes. Less impressive than at the tasting when I bought it. Ripe fruits and not extremely complex.
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1/13/2008 - mhurford wrote: 87 Points
Ripe berry fruit. Smooth tannins benefited from beef stew - 15% alcohol slightly evident on the palate.
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8/30/2007 - Zweder wrote: 86 Points
UWS; A mixed set of wines from Italy and France (@ JB): Sweet bouquet with cherries and leather. Same on the palate. Juicy wine with good herbs and spices as well as pleasant bitterness. Not much refinement, but certainly full bodied.
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