Wonderful. Strong aromas of ripe dark fruit on opening. Rich, intense and smooth to taste. I did not decant but tanins were soft and flavors well integrated. Hints of smoke and spice with a long finish to enjoy. Will likely evolve further over the next couple of years but thoroughly enjoyable now.
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Yech. Seemed like a tight merlot on the nose, but really yucky flaw of some sort. Extremely bitter but didn't seem like acetic acid. Can't get the finish out of my mouth even after a meal and rinsing well. Unfortunate.
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Wasn't sure what to make of this on first opening. Seemed really astringent and it was very tight, but some flavors that seemed more tertiary in nature. After quite a few hours open, the wine has evolved into very much a left bank tasting sort of wine. Tar and licorice nose.
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8/27/2020 - tominasia Likes this wine: 91 Points
Wonderful. Strong aromas of ripe dark fruit on opening. Rich, intense and smooth to taste. I did not decant but tanins were soft and flavors well integrated. Hints of smoke and spice with a long finish to enjoy. Will likely evolve further over the next couple of years but thoroughly enjoyable now.
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4/2/2019 - nickgorski wrote: flawed
Yech. Seemed like a tight merlot on the nose, but really yucky flaw of some sort. Extremely bitter but didn't seem like acetic acid. Can't get the finish out of my mouth even after a meal and rinsing well. Unfortunate.
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12/5/2016 - Bakerbd Likes this wine: 91 Points
Cassis, plum, spice box. Maybe I've been unfairly biased against CA merlot? This is pretty solid
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7/2/2016 - cwiebe Likes this wine: 90 Points
Wasn't sure what to make of this on first opening. Seemed really astringent and it was very tight, but some flavors that seemed more tertiary in nature. After quite a few hours open, the wine has evolved into very much a left bank tasting sort of wine. Tar and licorice nose.
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6/28/2016 - jigones wrote: 89 Points
Takes a few hours to open up, but then some fruit comes out. Better to wait a few years to open up the next bottle.
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