Last in a case. Pepper, earth and a bit of heat on nose. Palate is ripe with blackberry jam, dates, herbs and a smoky note. Point for dates I love that. Acid and tannin integrated, it's best now after 30 min and will get flabby in years to come I think.
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Make that 91+. Perfect BBQ wine, served with BBQ Iberico baby back ribs. Decanted and waited 45 min from a 55 degree cellar. This wine is really hitting its stride -- serve as you would with a zin, but more complex and densely layered than most zins. Chalkboard, light cloves and pepper, sea spray on the nose, along with plenty of rich dark raisiny fruit. It just keeps evolving in the glass, but is wonderfully integrated now, I can't wait to see how this does over the next 12 months. Gorgeous.
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11/24/2022 - chelidon Likes this wine: 90 Points
Last of 8 -- still drinking quite well, and a solid value, but per prior notes seems to have peaked.
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10/10/2021 - twain Likes this wine: 60 Points
Last in a case. Pepper, earth and a bit of heat on nose. Palate is ripe with blackberry jam, dates, herbs and a smoky note. Point for dates I love that. Acid and tannin integrated, it's best now after 30 min and will get flabby in years to come I think.
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5/26/2021 - chelidon Likes this wine: 91 Points
See previous note. Couldn't wait long to pop another one.
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4/1/2021 - chelidon Likes this wine: 91 Points
Make that 91+. Perfect BBQ wine, served with BBQ Iberico baby back ribs. Decanted and waited 45 min from a 55 degree cellar. This wine is really hitting its stride -- serve as you would with a zin, but more complex and densely layered than most zins. Chalkboard, light cloves and pepper, sea spray on the nose, along with plenty of rich dark raisiny fruit. It just keeps evolving in the glass, but is wonderfully integrated now, I can't wait to see how this does over the next 12 months. Gorgeous.
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12/28/2019 - mrmikemtr wrote: 90 Points
Opened for 3 hours. Quite integrated despite the 15.2%abv. Raisiny , tar on the nose.
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