This threw a LOT of sediment in the bottle after a few years in storage. 30 min decant. Medium/dark garnet colour. Really unusual OTN with heaps of mint and butter, fruit a little shy. Different and intriguing. Light in the mouth and a rather pleasant velvety attack of red fruit and cut flowers. Finish does not live up to the attack - medium/dry and rather tannic with moderate length. Refreshingly NOT a huge monster of brambles, jam and oak but lacking a little balance. I'd be tempted to upgrade this by a few points as it's not a "new wave" cabernet clone and has some individuality, but I think 83 is fair for the quality on offer.
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5/11/2009 - Khamen wrote: 83 Points
This threw a LOT of sediment in the bottle after a few years in storage. 30 min decant. Medium/dark garnet colour. Really unusual OTN with heaps of mint and butter, fruit a little shy. Different and intriguing. Light in the mouth and a rather pleasant velvety attack of red fruit and cut flowers. Finish does not live up to the attack - medium/dry and rather tannic with moderate length. Refreshingly NOT a huge monster of brambles, jam and oak but lacking a little balance. I'd be tempted to upgrade this by a few points as it's not a "new wave" cabernet clone and has some individuality, but I think 83 is fair for the quality on offer.
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5/8/2008 - Kamikaze wrote: 87 Points
Fair
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9/13/2007 - Kamikaze wrote: 88 Points
Not as good as 1999 or 2001.
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7/1/2007 - losvinhos wrote: 89 Points
Excelente
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10/2/2006 - andrewstevenson.com wrote: 88 Points
Wines of Portugal: Leeds Trade Tasting (Park Plaza Hotel, Leeds): It has a nice clean, ripe blackcurrant nose. Good soft attack, but it then fills enormously. Very big and almost brutish. Decent, open fruit character. Very Good.
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