2012 Alpha Estate Xinomavro Réserve Vieilles Vignes

Community Tasting Notes (8) Avg Score: 85.6 points

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  10/23/2023 - deetz wrote: 87 Points

  Not a “bad” wine by any means, but also the opposite of what I would call a crowd pleaser. Massive austere tannins, didn’t really soften even after 24h decanting. Glad I tried this, especially because I picked it up at the Athens airport, but not something I would seek out again.

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  1/3/2023 - Tige wrote:

  Je n'ai pas été assez patient pour cette bouteille. Encore beaucoup de tanins, un fruit caché et une texture "terreuse". Meilleure que les 2 dernières bouteilles mais un peu lourd. Pas certain où s'en va ce vin, quoique je serais curieux de goûter à nouveau dans 2-4 ans.

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  3/13/2022 - honest bob wrote: 89 Points

  From 75cl, good cork, decanted 2 hours. Rose-petal/ rose-water scent, reminiscent of a mature Nebbiolo, but follwed by a hefty wave of pine-resin; bone-dry entry with serious, hard, drying tannins immediately evident; mid-palate has dark, ripe fruit but no sugar, and tons of aromatic dried woodland mushrooms and appropriate spices (perhaps like a cross between some fictive superconcentrated 500 EUR Barolo I will never pay for—opened 10 years before maturity—and a dried-out, high-altitude, high-mineral Syrah). Shortish, muscular, brusque finish. We got a real kick out of this bottle, and are glad to have one more in the cellar to try in about 5–10 years time. But I can well imagine it not being of wide appeal. 89–90

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  4/26/2021 - Tige wrote: 85 Points

  D'accord avec Rob-Rah.
  Pas beaucoup de corps ni de fruits. Acidité élevée et tanins démesurés. Pas meilleur même après de nombreuses heures en carafes sur plusieurs jours.
  Semblable à ma 1ère bouteille il y a 4 ans.
  Pour la forme, je vais attendre 3-4 ans pour la prochaine.

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  1/24/2019 - Rob-Rah Does not like this wine: 85 Points

  Didn't like this on this showing. Nose somewhat closed. Palate very chalky tannins and the fruit is leathery and a little tarry. Clumsily large-scale without substance to fill it. Anonymous quality of fruit. Not long. Tough to drink. 85+

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