Had to try another bottle as my last notes were weak. I now concur w/ other tasters. The tannins overpower the fruit too much, and it seems like this bottle was better suited for early consumption. Regardless, it's definitely good, but needs a big decant to flesh out.
Recently, I put this up in a blind tasting of twelve wines (mostly Merlots and Cabs) from '92 to '04, most w/i the 30-50USD price range. At the end of the night, every wine was gone except for this and one other...just saying...
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3/19/2012 - wabi47 wrote: 88 Points
good dry cherry and red currant, mineral and pepper; the structure is outlasting the fruit, but quite nice with dinner.
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3/23/2011 - CdP in NYC wrote: 83 Points
Consistent w/ prior notes. This was far more memorable four years ago.
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1/27/2011 - CdP in NYC wrote: 84 Points
Had to try another bottle as my last notes were weak. I now concur w/ other tasters. The tannins overpower the fruit too much, and it seems like this bottle was better suited for early consumption. Regardless, it's definitely good, but needs a big decant to flesh out.
Recently, I put this up in a blind tasting of twelve wines (mostly Merlots and Cabs) from '92 to '04, most w/i the 30-50USD price range. At the end of the night, every wine was gone except for this and one other...just saying...
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1/23/2011 - CdP in NYC wrote:
Agree w/ note below that the tannins are still pretty big, but i think there's enough fruit to evolve over the short/medium term.
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9/22/2010 - rcc777 wrote: 86 Points
strong tannins overshadowed the fruit, I wish I had consumed this one a year earlier.
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