A pleasant surprise from such a hot vintage. Baked earth, menthol, ripe cherry and some leather and meat development. Very chalky. Good freshness to the finish.
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Aromatic, dry, herbal, saddle leather. Powerful acidity, with good solid fruit. This bottle is very fresh and is drinking beautifully. Sad to see this last bottle gone, but it was a great value and not very well known.
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Drinking really well right now. Not a rock star or anything, but a down to earth, delicious, mature, and interesting wine with plenty of structure, solid fruit, and good finish. Well worth the wait.
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Quite mature, but in very good shape. Tiny hint of brown at the edges, but you wouldn't think it so advanced by the nose, which is vibrant and alluring. Menthol, dried cherry, and a bit of leather. The palate shows drying fruit, with solid structure of some remaining hard tannins, and lively acidity. Lovely wine, and oh so dry, very glad to be drinking this with dinner and not trying to impress people at a wine tasting. ;-)
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Deep garnet hue. Muted sour berry nose. Tight plum body & still pinched with tannins. Nice licorice overtone on the long finish. Decanted for 6 hours. Good but might be great with more time. 2nd night was consistent.
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6/23/2023 - Jeremy Holmes wrote:
A pleasant surprise from such a hot vintage. Baked earth, menthol, ripe cherry and some leather and meat development. Very chalky. Good freshness to the finish.
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12/10/2019 - robmatic wrote: 91 Points
Aromatic, dry, herbal, saddle leather. Powerful acidity, with good solid fruit. This bottle is very fresh and is drinking beautifully. Sad to see this last bottle gone, but it was a great value and not very well known.
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6/18/2019 - robmatic wrote: 90 Points
Drinking really well right now. Not a rock star or anything, but a down to earth, delicious, mature, and interesting wine with plenty of structure, solid fruit, and good finish. Well worth the wait.
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10/28/2018 - robmatic wrote:
Quite mature, but in very good shape. Tiny hint of brown at the edges, but you wouldn't think it so advanced by the nose, which is vibrant and alluring. Menthol, dried cherry, and a bit of leather. The palate shows drying fruit, with solid structure of some remaining hard tannins, and lively acidity. Lovely wine, and oh so dry, very glad to be drinking this with dinner and not trying to impress people at a wine tasting. ;-)
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9/30/2012 - imcarthur wrote: 89 Points
Deep garnet hue. Muted sour berry nose. Tight plum body & still pinched with tannins. Nice licorice overtone on the long finish. Decanted for 6 hours. Good but might be great with more time. 2nd night was consistent.
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