Very impressed with this 21 year old wine. Birth year bottle for my step son went great with the steaks we grilled. Pours dark. Impressive aromas. Layers of soft but tasty flavors. Silky smooth and great finish. Still could hold but no need.
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Iron ore. Funk. Vivid acids. Mocha. Fabulous fruit-oak balance. Significant bottle age. Spice. Gets better and better with air. Huge depth, bright, yet nuanced. This is real wine that convinces on complexity, depth, and finesse. Easily the best (so far) Californian from 2000 I have drunk. Totally mature, but will certainly hold at this level, if not improve over the next decade. Vin de garde.
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Teetering on the edge...I smell the leather, the rubber, and the licorice that I was expecting, and then the taste is a little flat and subdued at first. But then it's like the wine was jumpstarted and it comes back to life! Cassis, raspberry, and fruit leather texture...getting good. Stays good, then flirts with going off, but then comes back. Wild. I'd say drink immediately and hope you get lucky.
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9/19/2021 - sdonahue Does not like this wine: 84 Points
i had two of these and neither one opened up. Perhaps past its time
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7/18/2021 - Winokdub wrote: 92 Points
Very impressed with this 21 year old wine. Birth year bottle for my step son went great with the steaks we grilled. Pours dark. Impressive aromas. Layers of soft but tasty flavors. Silky smooth and great finish. Still could hold but no need.
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4/18/2021 - sdonahue wrote: flawed
This wine must have been flawed.
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5/15/2020 - Marc wrote: 93 Points
Iron ore. Funk. Vivid acids. Mocha. Fabulous fruit-oak balance. Significant bottle age. Spice. Gets better and better with air. Huge depth, bright, yet nuanced. This is real wine that convinces on complexity, depth, and finesse. Easily the best (so far) Californian from 2000 I have drunk. Totally mature, but will certainly hold at this level, if not improve over the next decade. Vin de garde.
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1/15/2019 - huevosconvino Likes this wine:
Teetering on the edge...I smell the leather, the rubber, and the licorice that I was expecting, and then the taste is a little flat and subdued at first. But then it's like the wine was jumpstarted and it comes back to life! Cassis, raspberry, and fruit leather texture...getting good. Stays good, then flirts with going off, but then comes back. Wild. I'd say drink immediately and hope you get lucky.
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