More Southern Rhone-ish than last bottle, now showing a fragrant nose of woody herbs, tobacco, cassis, raspberry liqueur, and stewed plums--becoming noticeably Porty. It seems to be in a nice spot now, with a nice balance between the sweet fruit and oak-delivered elements. Personally, I wouldn't let these go more than a year, if this is a representative example. All this said, it remains a heck of a good value.
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So fucking mineral. It stinks of rusting wet steel. I don’t find it pleasurable. It got better the next day, about 12 hours later. The following day, it was starting to show signs of oxidation.
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1/7/2015 - bcg14 wrote: 89 Points
A solid, albeit fading showing from a rock of CdR. Last bottle that made it out fine to Parker's 2014 finish line.
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6/26/2008 - bknysak wrote: 91 Points
More Southern Rhone-ish than last bottle, now showing a fragrant nose of woody herbs, tobacco, cassis, raspberry liqueur, and stewed plums--becoming noticeably Porty. It seems to be in a nice spot now, with a nice balance between the sweet fruit and oak-delivered elements. Personally, I wouldn't let these go more than a year, if this is a representative example. All this said, it remains a heck of a good value.
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8/23/2007 - mebydef wrote: 88 Points
This was very mineral. Bloody is a better adjective. Good leather and baked flavors. It’s a good wine, but I’m glad it’s my last bottle.
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7/18/2007 - mebydef wrote: 88 Points
So fucking mineral. It stinks of rusting wet steel. I don’t find it pleasurable. It got better the next day, about 12 hours later. The following day, it was starting to show signs of oxidation.
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5/16/2007 - mebydef wrote: 88 Points
This was okay. It’s very mineral with little charm. At first, I thought it might be corked. Color is brickish.
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