Totally mature and fading, but still pretty classic and enjoyable. Cedar, cassis, good acidity. A little oxidation and old Cali Cab sweetness coming through, but pretty good.
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Popped and poured; no formal notes. Drank really, really well. Seems to have faired much better than the 2001 Merryvale Reserve we also had during the same evening. If I had anymore, I would be drinking them in the near term.
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Fun to have something with this much age on it, though it wouldn't have lasted too much longer. Had this with ICaWineGuy. More oak & some mustiness on the first bottle of this that we consumed a little over a month prior to this bottle. Cork in better shape here, so less mustiness but still some definite oak on the nose. Also new leather (as he wrote, like a new car smell rather than an old saddle). A little dried fig, but the fruit is fading for sure. Finish this up pronto. Better 5 years ago I'm sure, but only found this on clearance, ridiculously reduced, fairly recently (12/31/12). A serious bottle, though, as it held up for 2 dozen years. 90 pts.
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Popped, decanted and poured. Cork almost saturated at bottom and wicked nearly to the top. Still sound though. Nose: new leather (almost like a new car smell rather than an old saddle) a little mustiness probably from the cork, some oak. Palate did have some restrained fruit like dried fig. Toasty oak This one is holding up for now, but the fruit is going. Drink soon.
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4/30/2017 - Oconnorsnyc Likes this wine:
Very smooth
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3/6/2014 - andtheodor wrote: 88 Points
Totally mature and fading, but still pretty classic and enjoyable. Cedar, cassis, good acidity. A little oxidation and old Cali Cab sweetness coming through, but pretty good.
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12/26/2013 - thesternowl Likes this wine:
Popped and poured; no formal notes. Drank really, really well. Seems to have faired much better than the 2001 Merryvale Reserve we also had during the same evening. If I had anymore, I would be drinking them in the near term.
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5/18/2013 - MadisonWIneGuy wrote: 90 Points
Fun to have something with this much age on it, though it wouldn't have lasted too much longer. Had this with ICaWineGuy. More oak & some mustiness on the first bottle of this that we consumed a little over a month prior to this bottle. Cork in better shape here, so less mustiness but still some definite oak on the nose. Also new leather (as he wrote, like a new car smell rather than an old saddle). A little dried fig, but the fruit is fading for sure. Finish this up pronto. Better 5 years ago I'm sure, but only found this on clearance, ridiculously reduced, fairly recently (12/31/12). A serious bottle, though, as it held up for 2 dozen years. 90 pts.
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4/6/2013 - ICaWineGuy wrote: 92 Points
Popped, decanted and poured. Cork almost saturated at bottom and wicked nearly to the top. Still sound though. Nose: new leather (almost like a new car smell rather than an old saddle) a little mustiness probably from the cork, some oak. Palate did have some restrained fruit like dried fig. Toasty oak This one is holding up for now, but the fruit is going. Drink soon.
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