Not really my cup of tea, but I can appreciate it. Too much oak and butterscotch /toffee without enough acidity and fruit to balance it. Had about half the bottle on night 1 and pumped and drank the rest on night two. Markedly better on night 2.
Not getting the alcohol that some people have noted, so, maybe I was just lucky there.
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Drinking quite nicely. Lots of butterscotch - a bit much for my palate, but hard to complain as the fruit and acidity balance it out to a certain extent. The wine is showing age. And alcohol is beginning to show through on the finish. I recommend drinking up over the next 6 months.
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11/26/2021 - North Willis Likes this wine: 92 Points
Holding up quite nicely, with little if any detectable aging over this period. This wine is wonderful, but buttery notes are a bit much for my palate.
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11/26/2021 - Apollo5710 wrote: 91 Points
No notes taken, though very similar to last bottle.
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9/8/2021 - Oeie wrote: flawed
yet another charles smith that is defective
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7/11/2021 - rrasmuss wrote: 90 Points
Not really my cup of tea, but I can appreciate it. Too much oak and butterscotch /toffee without enough acidity and fruit to balance it. Had about half the bottle on night 1 and pumped and drank the rest on night two. Markedly better on night 2.
Not getting the alcohol that some people have noted, so, maybe I was just lucky there.
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3/7/2021 - North Willis Likes this wine: 91 Points
Drinking quite nicely. Lots of butterscotch - a bit much for my palate, but hard to complain as the fruit and acidity balance it out to a certain extent. The wine is showing age. And alcohol is beginning to show through on the finish. I recommend drinking up over the next 6 months.
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