Decanted and served. A bit of a surprise and totally different than we expected especially given the style of wines AF makes in his domains. Andreas who tried this blind said a nose of Barolo ( Dark Cherries, soft tar, soft herbs) and a body of dal forno valpolicella ( rich , high alcohol, 14.5%, dense) and this well sums it up. Expected more elegance and frankly was a bit heavy and at times a bit on the burnt side. Not sure what to say but for us a max of 90 . We have 3 more bottles sleeping and not sure what to think but definitely we will let them sleep for a good 5yrs and hope. 90 and did not impress us
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Very ripe and sweet dark berries with some residual cedar. Lovely wine overall but slightly let down by the overly sweet balance with little acidity. Will revisit in a few years.
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from Mag., full bodied and sweet but without being overripe, evolves nicely in the glass, remined me a bit chateau Musar, redy to be drunk but no hurry
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5/14/2020 - Papies wrote: 90 Points
Decanted and served. A bit of a surprise and totally different than we expected especially given the style of wines AF makes in his domains.
Andreas who tried this blind said a nose of Barolo ( Dark Cherries, soft tar, soft herbs) and a body of dal forno valpolicella ( rich , high alcohol, 14.5%, dense) and this well sums it up. Expected more elegance and frankly was a bit heavy and at times a bit on the burnt side. Not sure what to say but for us a max of 90 . We have 3 more bottles sleeping and not sure what to think but definitely we will let them sleep for a good 5yrs and hope. 90 and did not impress us
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12/28/2017 - Stefan75 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Very aromatic and powerful as usual but I see little development over the last 3-4 years and I doubt it will become as good as for example 2001....
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6/7/2016 - Pacalet Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very ripe and sweet dark berries with some residual cedar. Lovely wine overall but slightly let down by the overly sweet balance with little acidity. Will revisit in a few years.
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2/8/2016 - Stefan75 Likes this wine: 93 Points
from Mag., full bodied and sweet but without being overripe, evolves nicely in the glass, remined me a bit chateau Musar, redy to be drunk but no hurry
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9/8/2013 - Stefan75 Likes this wine: 96 Points
Fantastic wine, at its peak but will stay there for a couple of years!
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