Decanted for an hour. Nice nose of berries and spice. I like more fruit-forward Merlots and don't like the stemmy tastes they sometimes have. This was good but a little lean, and it seemed to get more spare and unforgiving over time. Maybe I like young wines, but I think I would have liked this more a couple of years ago.
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Lovely nose of blackberries and black cherry with herbs. Full bodied with dark berry fruits and some vanilla and burnt toffee. Very pleasant long finish.
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Lovely nose of dark berry fruits and cherry with some herby notes. Good depth of fruit with berry fruits and some vanilla and toffee. Good long finish. Very good vfm.
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Popped and poured. Medium bodied, garnet colored with slight bricking on the rim. Gorgeous bouquet of dark fruiits; blueberries, chocolate, a little spice on the tongue; fine tannins, medium finish. Great food wine and nice sipper - we finished the bottle the same night. IMO this is hitting it's stride and well worth $13.
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3/20/2013 - jdinkin1 wrote: 87 Points
Not much on nose. Dark fruit which leans towards pruney. Some chocolate. More acid than fruit. But still an okay wine on a Wednesday night.
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1/7/2012 - Mark3548 wrote: 86 Points
Decanted for an hour. Nice nose of berries and spice. I like more fruit-forward Merlots and don't like the stemmy tastes they sometimes have. This was good but a little lean, and it seemed to get more spare and unforgiving over time. Maybe I like young wines, but I think I would have liked this more a couple of years ago.
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8/4/2010 - trastevere Likes this wine: 88 Points
Lovely nose of blackberries and black cherry with herbs. Full bodied with dark berry fruits and some vanilla and burnt toffee. Very pleasant long finish.
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3/6/2010 - trastevere Likes this wine: 88 Points
Lovely nose of dark berry fruits and cherry with some herby notes. Good depth of fruit with berry fruits and some vanilla and toffee. Good long finish. Very good vfm.
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1/29/2009 - green-steve wrote: 87 Points
Popped and poured. Medium bodied, garnet colored with slight bricking on the rim. Gorgeous bouquet of dark fruiits; blueberries, chocolate, a little spice on the tongue; fine tannins, medium finish. Great food wine and nice sipper - we finished the bottle the same night. IMO this is hitting it's stride and well worth $13.
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