Opened for birthday party. Still had nice red fruit aromas that were nice on the palate with some pepper and anise. Not too jammy. Had good balance but lacked complexity in the mid-palate. The finish was moderate in length and OK, but nothing stellar. My expectations going in were guarded, so I was happy with it but if you have any more I would drink them.
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Final bottle of my stash brought back memories of the early ones. Lots of jammy fruit, even some heat. Seemed to have lost nothing over the last few years.
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Delicious, but quite simple and not the complexity I expect from my Beckmens. Nice barbeque quaffer, probably can go another couple years at this point since there are still some unresolved tannins.
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This time it was as good as I remembered from first tasting. Loaded with fruit, a little tar on the nose and chocolately with a long finish. great stuff.
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9/27/2009 - smithphish wrote: 88 Points
Opened for birthday party. Still had nice red fruit aromas that were nice on the palate with some pepper and anise. Not too jammy. Had good balance but lacked complexity in the mid-palate. The finish was moderate in length and OK, but nothing stellar. My expectations going in were guarded, so I was happy with it but if you have any more I would drink them.
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1/27/2008 - borneman wrote: 89 Points
Final bottle of my stash brought back memories of the early ones. Lots of jammy fruit, even some heat. Seemed to have lost nothing over the last few years.
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10/15/2006 - borneman wrote:
Was disappointed again with this latest bottle. Fruit is now reticent compared to memories of earlier tastings. Perhaps best to drink up.
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5/29/2006 - jbposell wrote: 89 Points
Delicious, but quite simple and not the complexity I expect from my Beckmens. Nice barbeque quaffer, probably can go another couple years at this point since there are still some unresolved tannins.
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12/22/2005 - borneman wrote: 90 Points
This time it was as good as I remembered from first tasting. Loaded with fruit, a little tar on the nose and chocolately with a long finish. great stuff.
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