Dark crimson but still translucent. Aroma of sage, dried herbs, old oak, blueberry. Incredibly smooth, chocolatey, powdery tannins but still strong. The structure stands out above the fruit. Subtle flavour of mocha, sweet dark fruit, a whole berry flavour. I remember tasting this when it was released and I was very impressed. Has only improved and it has a long way to go.
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Friday at the strand (Strand Cellars, Croydon): Reductive with leather, plums, alcohol warmth and loads of peppery notes on the nose. Juicy, tangy, fruit a tiny bit sour, all flavours medium minus intensity, blackberry under plum, pepper. Medium minus intensity tannins are a little chalky. Hmm.
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black and purple fruit, black olive sprinkles, aniseed, dark earth and tar, savoury spice. Has some bright cranberry thing happening through the back. Again nice tannin
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12/15/2022 - Bsmith457 Likes this wine: 95 Points
Dark crimson but still translucent. Aroma of sage, dried herbs, old oak, blueberry. Incredibly smooth, chocolatey, powdery tannins but still strong. The structure stands out above the fruit. Subtle flavour of mocha, sweet dark fruit, a whole berry flavour.
I remember tasting this when it was released and I was very impressed. Has only improved and it has a long way to go.
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11/5/2021 - chatters wrote:
Friday at the strand (Strand Cellars, Croydon): Reductive with leather, plums, alcohol warmth and loads of peppery notes on the nose. Juicy, tangy, fruit a tiny bit sour, all flavours medium minus intensity, blackberry under plum, pepper. Medium minus intensity tannins are a little chalky. Hmm.
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7/11/2021 - rmarkey wrote:
sold to martin O'VBrien
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3/30/2021 - VinCapitan wrote: 92 Points
black and purple fruit, black olive sprinkles, aniseed, dark earth and tar, savoury spice. Has some bright cranberry thing happening through the back. Again nice tannin
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2/27/2021 - rmarkey wrote:
gave to Eric
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