Decanted for 90 minutes. BIG chunks - you will be unhappy if you don't decant! Dark as a moonless night. Sweet aromas of blackberries, fig, tar, black pepper, and a dose of VA... Once you get past the VA you enjoy a mouthful of concentrated liqueur-like black fruits, creme de cassis, minerals, but softened tannins. Long somewhat sweet finish with no obvious heat (served at 68F). Seems to be at a plateau, so well-stored bottles should last another 3-5 years at peak, but this big boy is open for business now!
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2/12/2024 - BHRH Likes this wine: 91 Points
Decanted for 90 minutes. BIG chunks - you will be unhappy if you don't decant! Dark as a moonless night. Sweet aromas of blackberries, fig, tar, black pepper, and a dose of VA...
Once you get past the VA you enjoy a mouthful of concentrated liqueur-like black fruits, creme de cassis, minerals, but softened tannins. Long somewhat sweet finish with no obvious heat (served at 68F).
Seems to be at a plateau, so well-stored bottles should last another 3-5 years at peak, but this big boy is open for business now!
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2/20/2023 - wynlvr wrote: 92 Points
Juicy and delicious, round and balanced.
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1/21/2022 - KaupCava Likes this wine: 89 Points
Some oxidation notes, but still a ton of fruit
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4/22/2021 - KaupCava Likes this wine: 93 Points
Juicy berry fruit , vanilla oak, great acid balance
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4/2/2021 - wynlvr wrote: 93 Points
Pop and pour, berry, cherry fruit, balanced and luscious.
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