Nose - berry with some heat Mouth - extremely juicy verging on jammy but not overripe, big wine with licorice overtones, really quite a nice wine if looking for a big fruitbomb. Perhaps slightly lacking in structure.
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Maybe just opened on the perfect night, but some initial tinny-ness turned into a wonderful wine. A little sweet on the entry evolves into raspberry and vanilla at mid-palate and some mint on the finish. Not a fruit bomb at this point, just excellent balance, good chunk of sediment in the last glass.
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Dark in the glass: very extracted. Big and fruity with plum and other purple fruit. Medium tannins. High alcohol is well-concealed. A very nice representative of the varietal from a standard-bearer.
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Excellent wine. Deep, dark and fragrant with black cherry and spice. On the palate it is well balanced with flavors of blackberry, vanilla and a hint of chocolate. Very well integrated tannins.
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3/18/2015 - Sijan Likes this wine: 91 Points
Lovely, elegant zin
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6/4/2014 - soyhead wrote:
Nose - berry with some heat
Mouth - extremely juicy verging on jammy but not overripe, big wine with licorice overtones, really quite a nice wine if looking for a big fruitbomb. Perhaps slightly lacking in structure.
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3/22/2014 - WineWolf22 Likes this wine: 92 Points
Maybe just opened on the perfect night, but some initial tinny-ness turned into a wonderful wine. A little sweet on the entry evolves into raspberry and vanilla at mid-palate and some mint on the finish. Not a fruit bomb at this point, just excellent balance, good chunk of sediment in the last glass.
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2/16/2014 - iByron Likes this wine: 88 Points
Dark in the glass: very extracted. Big and fruity with plum and other purple fruit. Medium tannins. High alcohol is well-concealed. A very nice representative of the varietal from a standard-bearer.
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5/12/2012 - ruffem wrote: 90 Points
Excellent wine. Deep, dark and fragrant with black cherry and spice. On the palate it is well balanced with flavors of blackberry, vanilla and a hint of chocolate. Very well integrated tannins.
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