Decanted. Clear deep garnet color. Outstanding bouquet of red currants and cherries, cigar humidor, dried porcini mushrooms, pencil shavings, old leather, red stones and earth. Similar on the palate, assertive but light on its feet, seamless, smooth and mellow, beautiful balance, silk-satin mouthfeel, lingering finish.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Allowed to breathe in bottle 2 hours, then decanted 45 minutes and served. Clear deep dark garnet color. Classic bouquet of dark cherries, boysenberries, currants and their liqueurs, anise, fennel, mocha, forest floor. Similar on the palate, full body, excellent balance, seamless, lingering finish.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Allowed to breathe in glass 30 minutes before tasting. Clear deep dark garnet color. Classic bouquet of mixed dark fruit: blackberries, cherries, currants, along with fennel, anise, vanilla, hints of nutmeg and clove. There is also a most welcome sense of terroir or minerality: stony soil, sandstone, dry forest floor, something along those lines. On the palate, this is full bodied, balanced, seamless, elegant, fresh and pure, with mouthwatering acidity and lingering finish.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No
/ Comment
Professional reviews have copyrights and you can view them here for your personal use only as private content. To view pro reviews you must either subscribe to a pre-integrated publication or manually enter reviews below. Learn more.
4/28/2018 - Javachip Likes this wine: 93 Points
Decanted. Clear deep garnet color. Outstanding bouquet of red currants and cherries, cigar humidor, dried porcini mushrooms, pencil shavings, old leather, red stones and earth. Similar on the palate, assertive but light on its feet, seamless, smooth and mellow, beautiful balance, silk-satin mouthfeel, lingering finish.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
7/17/2016 - Javachip wrote: 92 Points
Allowed to breathe in bottle 2 hours, then decanted 45 minutes and served. Clear deep dark garnet color. Classic bouquet of dark cherries, boysenberries, currants and their liqueurs, anise, fennel, mocha, forest floor. Similar on the palate, full body, excellent balance, seamless, lingering finish.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
7/2/2016 - Javachip wrote: 92 Points
Allowed to breathe in glass 30 minutes before tasting. Clear deep dark garnet color. Classic bouquet of mixed dark fruit: blackberries, cherries, currants, along with fennel, anise, vanilla, hints of nutmeg and clove. There is also a most welcome sense of terroir or minerality: stony soil, sandstone, dry forest floor, something along those lines. On the palate, this is full bodied, balanced, seamless, elegant, fresh and pure, with mouthwatering acidity and lingering finish.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
10/16/2013 - buckeye76 wrote: 91 Points
BLACKBERRIES, LEATHER, AND EARTHINESS IN THE NOSE WITH PLUMS AND BLACK CHERRIES IN THE FLAVOR. MEDIUM TO LONG FINISH.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment
9/12/2012 - tlangle wrote: 92 Points
Popped and poured. Well integrated vintage cab. Although retains a nice earthy nose and some bright fruit. Better after a short decant.
Do you find this review helpful? Yes - No / Comment