Took about an hour in the decanter to come to life and then it was great - full-bodied, tannins now really soft but still present with masses of sweet spicy notes. Excellent wine. Drunk over dinner hence short note.
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Decanted this but there was no sediment. Colour is deep red, faded at the rim with just a hint of orange. Spicy nose, cinnamon even some cardamom, prunes, strawberries, bit of menthol. Mature but clean and plenty of fruit. Still quite a bit of tannin, creamy nutty texture, orange rind, warm alcohol. Long spicy finish. Big powerful wine to be sipped slowly. We had ours with ribeye beef and strident finish the bottle between two. Not like me at all. Plenty of fruit and structure left so no hurry to drink.
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10/1/2023 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
Took about an hour in the decanter to come to life and then it was great - full-bodied, tannins now really soft but still present with masses of sweet spicy notes. Excellent wine. Drunk over dinner hence short note.
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2/28/2022 - winepog wrote: 90 Points
At a good place now. Drinking well and will continue for a while. Cheers!
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1/23/2021 - henrygjeffreys Likes this wine:
Decanted this but there was no sediment.
Colour is deep red, faded at the rim with just a hint of orange.
Spicy nose, cinnamon even some cardamom, prunes, strawberries, bit of menthol. Mature but clean and plenty of fruit.
Still quite a bit of tannin, creamy nutty texture, orange rind, warm alcohol. Long spicy finish.
Big powerful wine to be sipped slowly. We had ours with ribeye beef and strident finish the bottle between two. Not like me at all.
Plenty of fruit and structure left so no hurry to drink.
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9/17/2020 - Rcolella Likes this wine: 91 Points
Excellent wine. Drinking great from a 9 of 10 region for 2006.
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7/12/2020 - Bobc7had Likes this wine: 89 Points
Drinking well.
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