I barrel tasted this wine last August and was very impressed. This wine is clean well balanced and a lot of fruit. Nice cassis fruit to begin followed by some dark chocolate espresso notes a hint of blue berry. Taste is balanced and well formed. Color is also deep garnet with dark legs. Finish was over a minute. This wine is wonderful today and should age nicely for 10 years. Looking forward to more releases.
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10/8/2014 - saki846 Likes this wine:
Still requires some time to open up. Recommend a bit of decanting.
Integrated fruit and tannins. Much softer than upon initial release.
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1/3/2011 - bmmcneill wrote: 91 Points
Nose is mild with cassis, chocolate, vanilla and spice notes. Taste however is very expressive with bright flavor of cherry, hint vanilla good linger
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7/3/2009 - bmmcneill wrote: 92 Points
Nice clean wine lots of fruit and a nose that is full of heavy dark chocolate and spice. Taste is balanced with good deep flavors and good linger
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4/5/2009 - tommydiesel wrote: 92 Points
Big jammy and juicey with great fruit up front. Silky tannins lead me to believe it will be around for a while. Great balance start to finish.
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8/2/2008 - bmmcneill wrote: 92 Points
I barrel tasted this wine last August and was very impressed. This wine is clean well balanced and a lot of fruit. Nice cassis fruit to begin followed by some dark chocolate espresso notes a hint of blue berry. Taste is balanced and well formed. Color is also deep garnet with dark legs. Finish was over a minute. This wine is wonderful today and should age nicely for 10 years. Looking forward to more releases.
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