Decanted off of moderate sediment. Suggest letting this aerate for several hours minimum; I double-decanted about an hour before drinking and it showed much better at lunch the next day. This benefits from cool service temperature, maybe 60-65 range.
Clear garnet, bit of bricking at the rim.
Nose has a bit of tobacco/herbal character; pencil; black cherry; earth.
Palate is silky; medium bodied; medium- acidity; medium+ tannins (+ on day 1, tamer day 2); alcohol not noticeable. Flavors generally follow the nose with black cherry fruit and a little herbal complexity, bit of leather, pencilly wood. This may be a few years past prime as the fruit was a bit quiet, but all told drinking nicely.
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Birthday Party (Princeton, NJ): I have had excellent bottles of this wine and vintage, but alas this was not one of them. Some red fruit, earth and herbs- but the bottle seemed tired and did not sing. Sic. A WineBid purchase of unknown provenance and storage.
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Wonderful expression of a value, classic right bank from 2000. In a great spot if you like wines with age, still a bit of fruit left. But great complexity and minerality.
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This wine is ageing very well and I would say it has 2-4 more years or more to peak. I had it with duck confit and it needs the fatty dish to mellow the tannins. Is a subtle wine now but with a few more years I think the barn yard grass, black cherry. slight liquorice and hint of mint will blossom into a more bold and, without a doubt, velvety wine with a long, refined finish.
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9/17/2023 - jdp89 Likes this wine:
Decanted off of moderate sediment. Suggest letting this aerate for several hours minimum; I double-decanted about an hour before drinking and it showed much better at lunch the next day. This benefits from cool service temperature, maybe 60-65 range.
Clear garnet, bit of bricking at the rim.
Nose has a bit of tobacco/herbal character; pencil; black cherry; earth.
Palate is silky; medium bodied; medium- acidity; medium+ tannins (+ on day 1, tamer day 2); alcohol not noticeable. Flavors generally follow the nose with black cherry fruit and a little herbal complexity, bit of leather, pencilly wood. This may be a few years past prime as the fruit was a bit quiet, but all told drinking nicely.
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5/21/2023 - TashNYC wrote: 89 Points
Birthday Party (Princeton, NJ): I have had excellent bottles of this wine and vintage, but alas this was not one of them. Some red fruit, earth and herbs- but the bottle seemed tired and did not sing. Sic. A WineBid purchase of unknown provenance and storage.
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11/10/2022 - Jd6725 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Wonderful expression of a value, classic right bank from 2000. In a great spot if you like wines with age, still a bit of fruit left. But great complexity and minerality.
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1/28/2022 - Hanibal Likes this wine: 90 Points
At its peak... very good merlot based wine. Some smokiness but otherwise textbook.
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5/9/2021 - paulmanwaring wrote: 88 Points
This wine is ageing very well and I would say it has 2-4 more years or more to peak. I had it with duck confit and it needs the fatty dish to mellow the tannins. Is a subtle wine now but with a few more years I think the barn yard grass, black cherry. slight liquorice and hint of mint will blossom into a more bold and, without a doubt, velvety wine with a long, refined finish.
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