Deep purple hue with a slight brick red tinge around the rim. Cigar box notes on the nose. Some dark fruit to start with but this soon faded, replaced by drying tannins. In the decline. Bought 2 bottles during April 2009 and tried the first around 3 years ago - wasn't too impressed then and would have scored it just a couple of points higher than this one.
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In glass: garnet coloured, slow legs. Threw some sediment. Strawberry and blackcurrant on the nose. On the palate vanilla and strawberry, a hint of oak. Rounded, some length.
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4/18/2020 - Mhilgeman wrote: 85 Points
A bit of dark fruit to start but fades fast. Bottle over the hill and on the decline.
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4/25/2015 - niallhodson wrote: 88 Points
Confirmed previous note; holding up well.
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3/29/2015 - Dave64 wrote: 80 Points
Deep purple hue with a slight brick red tinge around the rim.
Cigar box notes on the nose.
Some dark fruit to start with but this soon faded, replaced by drying tannins.
In the decline.
Bought 2 bottles during April 2009 and tried the first around 3 years ago - wasn't too impressed then and would have scored it just a couple of points higher than this one.
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4/4/2014 - niallhodson wrote: 87 Points
In glass: garnet coloured, slow legs. Threw some sediment. Strawberry and blackcurrant on the nose. On the palate vanilla and strawberry, a hint of oak. Rounded, some length.
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4/16/2013 - Weinfreund JR wrote: 87 Points
"Sensationell tiefe Farbe, Violett-Schwarz. Rauchig-pflaumiges Bouquet, getrocknete Feigen, Kakao. Viel Brombeeren, schmelzende Textur, feingewobene Tannine, wieder herrliche Pflaumennote, viel Lakritze, schwarzer Pfeffer, Rumtopfaromen im Finale."
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