A wine that wasn't meant to last 9 years but seems to have done okay. The nose is dried fruit roll up and prunish, but the taste is smooth with vanilla and dried red fruits, there's even some mocha, toast and Christmas cake; definitely not at peak, but quite worth drinking. 45 minutes in and this wine loses it aged-charm and starts to become a challenge to drink, everything that was worth drinking and made it interesting has disappeared. So drink now and drink quickly as it ain't getting any better.
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2/21/2023 - tpdaman69 Likes this wine:
Opened tonight and it was a great surprise! Really fruit forward, jammy with a medium body.
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4/20/2018 - owr Likes this wine: 85 Points
not sure why I hold some wines, curiousity I guess, but this one seems to be kicking around in a good way: dried blackberry with cedary and spice.
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6/23/2015 - owr wrote: 84 Points
A wine that wasn't meant to last 9 years but seems to have done okay. The nose is dried fruit roll up and prunish, but the taste is smooth with vanilla and dried red fruits, there's even some mocha, toast and Christmas cake; definitely not at peak, but quite worth drinking. 45 minutes in and this wine loses it aged-charm and starts to become a challenge to drink, everything that was worth drinking and made it interesting has disappeared. So drink now and drink quickly as it ain't getting any better.
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3/3/2011 - Mezz wrote: 88 Points
Plenty of fruit up front, a thin tannic finish. A decent wine for the price.
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12/25/2009 - msilver wrote: 85 Points
Nice, but fruity. Smells of leather, it is a very light wine with very little tannin.
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