Mature black plum and berry with plenty of earth. I liked this wine at release, then found 5 bottles in the back of the cellar last year. At this advanced age, they were marginally attractive until this final bottle, which retained enough fresh fruit and concentration to remain interesting.
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Holy crap this wine is still so elegant and pretty. Nice acidity, good color. Lovely cherry and cedar. Hints of rose and fleshier than I remembered other bottles being. Old world meets new, in a way. Stunning none the less.
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Perhaps a little better than my last bottle from a few months back, but still mostly tired and providing a somewhat drying finish after 15 minutes in glass.
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Good fruit concentration and certainly still drinkable, but very tired. This was quite tasty when purchased in 2008, but my own fault for holding this past a reasonable expected drinking window.
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10/22/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 85 Points
Mature black plum and berry with plenty of earth. I liked this wine at release, then found 5 bottles in the back of the cellar last year. At this advanced age, they were marginally attractive until this final bottle, which retained enough fresh fruit and concentration to remain interesting.
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5/29/2017 - MarcEBeaudoin wrote:
Holy crap this wine is still so elegant and pretty. Nice acidity, good color. Lovely cherry and cedar. Hints of rose and fleshier than I remembered other bottles being. Old world meets new, in a way. Stunning none the less.
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4/30/2017 - Burgundy Al wrote: 82 Points
Perhaps a little better than my last bottle from a few months back, but still mostly tired and providing a somewhat drying finish after 15 minutes in glass.
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2/28/2016 - Burgundy Al wrote: 81 Points
Good fruit concentration and certainly still drinkable, but very tired. This was quite tasty when purchased in 2008, but my own fault for holding this past a reasonable expected drinking window.
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12/31/2009 - ncampesi wrote: 92 Points
Nice old world wine, good fruit and balance. Drinking well
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