Inky, opaque purple with dark garnet edges in color. Nose of espresso, brambleberry and a backnote of vanilla. On the palate: dense, mouth-coating dark fruits, granite and baking spice. Fine-grained tannins are perceived on the gums, but are well-integrated and unobtrusive at this point. Long finish of dark fruits & baking spice. Decanted roughly 1 hour in glass and that was sufficient to start opening up. I think this will get another point or two in 3-5 years.
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Deep ruby red. Dark berries on the nose with some baking spices and leather. Medium plus tannins (7/10) and a medium plus body. Lovely palate with gravel, leather, blackberries and cherries. Long finish. Drink till 2030.
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Inky purple color. Nose of creme de cassis and brambleberry. On the palate it is mouth coating plush dark berry fruit with granite and loam on a long, lingering finish (in which the fruit is very perceptible). Medium tannins, but still refined (think cashmere instead of silk). Drink now or in 20 years--very enjoyable either way, but one gets the sense that it will improve for many years at least.
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11/20/2022 - caesar77 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Inky, opaque purple with dark garnet edges in color. Nose of espresso, brambleberry and a backnote of vanilla. On the palate: dense, mouth-coating dark fruits, granite and baking spice. Fine-grained tannins are perceived on the gums, but are well-integrated and unobtrusive at this point. Long finish of dark fruits & baking spice. Decanted roughly 1 hour in glass and that was sufficient to start opening up. I think this will get another point or two in 3-5 years.
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1/10/2022 - Otaku Oenophile Likes this wine: 93 Points
Powerfully tannic, earthy and floral.
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3/19/2021 - Barcdog Likes this wine: 92 Points
Floral aroma, tannins hold up well to pair with food.
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12/30/2020 - Millennial Drinkers wrote: 93 Points
Deep ruby red. Dark berries on the nose with some baking spices and leather. Medium plus tannins (7/10) and a medium plus body. Lovely palate with gravel, leather, blackberries and cherries. Long finish. Drink till 2030.
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12/15/2020 - caesar77 wrote: 93 Points
Inky purple color. Nose of creme de cassis and brambleberry. On the palate it is mouth coating plush dark berry fruit with granite and loam on a long, lingering finish (in which the fruit is very perceptible). Medium tannins, but still refined (think cashmere instead of silk). Drink now or in 20 years--very enjoyable either way, but one gets the sense that it will improve for many years at least.
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