Very ripe and approachable with soft acid. Not fat but certainly smooth and extracted. Cherry, raspberry, cinnamon, clove and smoke. Sticky but not over the top sweet if that makes sense. The 18 is really loose and open compared to the 19 that was almost astringent. Ready from the start and so dense I don’t see this improving that much with age.
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Medium red with just a hint of brick red on the rim. It's very lifted. Ripe red fruit. Cinnamon brown spice and a little dried herb. Ripe but still fresh. There's just a hint of reductive barrel ferment. Sweet fruit. Soft broad and warm. very ripe tannins in the mid palate. Fat but not pH'y. Slightly drying finish. Wonderful weight and length. A big palate. Just lacking refinement at the moment. I'd like to see a little more acidity and freshness to push the wine.
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8/27/2023 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote:
Another off bottle. Lots of variation in these.
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8/25/2023 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote:
Off bottle. Brown and watery but still very extracted. No acid.
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8/24/2023 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 95 Points
Very ripe and approachable with soft acid. Not fat but certainly smooth and extracted. Cherry, raspberry, cinnamon, clove and smoke. Sticky but not over the top sweet if that makes sense. The 18 is really loose and open compared to the 19 that was almost astringent. Ready from the start and so dense I don’t see this improving that much with age.
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9/17/2022 - Fat1Wombat Likes this wine: 94 Points
Medium red with just a hint of brick red on the rim.
It's very lifted. Ripe red fruit. Cinnamon brown spice and a little dried herb. Ripe but still fresh. There's just a hint of reductive barrel ferment.
Sweet fruit. Soft broad and warm. very ripe tannins in the mid palate. Fat but not pH'y. Slightly drying finish. Wonderful weight and length. A big palate.
Just lacking refinement at the moment. I'd like to see a little more acidity and freshness to push the wine.
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12/18/2021 - rm97 wrote: 96 Points
Wow. Can’t believe how well this is drinking so young.
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