Opened and decanted 3+ hours ahead of grilled filet and NYStrip. Dark, murky purple color. Nose brings cherry blossoms, roses, grape hard candy, herbs, and baking spices. The palate is medium-full, round, concentrated, and juicy, bringing an initial high-beam of red cherries, raspberries, and red licorice which cascades into deep, dark blue fruit (plums, rhubarb, blackcurrant, blackberry pie) followed with chocolate, coffee, tobacco, dried leather, and some interesting savory/dark fruit notes on the extend finish. This is light-on-its-feet and supple, but still more to unlock in its core and unwind in the finish. Will be best 2022-2032. Technical score: 93. Enjoyment score: 93.
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This is special, red fruited, structured, accessible now, but built for the long haul. Cassis, cardamon, black olive, black cherry, currants, dust, sandalwood, violet, medium body, long finish.
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11/8/2020 - jlhkiss Likes this wine: 93 Points
Opened and decanted 3+ hours ahead of grilled filet and NYStrip. Dark, murky purple color. Nose brings cherry blossoms, roses, grape hard candy, herbs, and baking spices. The palate is medium-full, round, concentrated, and juicy, bringing an initial high-beam of red cherries, raspberries, and red licorice which cascades into deep, dark blue fruit (plums, rhubarb, blackcurrant, blackberry pie) followed with chocolate, coffee, tobacco, dried leather, and some interesting savory/dark fruit notes on the extend finish. This is light-on-its-feet and supple, but still more to unlock in its core and unwind in the finish. Will be best 2022-2032. Technical score: 93. Enjoyment score: 93.
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9/5/2017 - RJHump wrote: 92 Points
This was goooood stuff
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9/2/2017 - RJHump Likes this wine: 93 Points
Very smooth.
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10/14/2016 - fine137 wrote: 94 Points
This is special, red fruited, structured, accessible now, but built for the long haul. Cassis, cardamon, black olive, black cherry, currants, dust, sandalwood, violet, medium body, long finish.
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