Fairly consistent with first note. Drinks great the second you open. Blackberries on fire smell. Ripe, dark and well treated with what tastes like very expensive oak barrels. More a guilty pleasure than a true love but I have had these wines many times and always enjoyed them. Definitely at peak drinking because as the fruit stats to fade, that oak isnt going anywhere and it doesnt have the structure to come back full circle.
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Got this for just more than nothing. It was delicious for what I paid. I would run to $40 in cash money. Woody nose. Dark fruit. Very ripe but not unpleasantly so. Still fresh, I guess you might say. Black fruit. Lots of tannins but they're so ripe you can barely tell. Wish there was a big gob of Howell Mountain structure/soil on this but there doesnt seem to be. Finish is relatively long and the wine is clearly evolving. Good.
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7/2/2013 - liteagilis wrote:
Fairly consistent with first note. Drinks great the second you open. Blackberries on fire smell. Ripe, dark and well treated with what tastes like very expensive oak barrels. More a guilty pleasure than a true love but I have had these wines many times and always enjoyed them. Definitely at peak drinking because as the fruit stats to fade, that oak isnt going anywhere and it doesnt have the structure to come back full circle.
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12/21/2012 - liteagilis Likes this wine:
Got this for just more than nothing. It was delicious for what I paid. I would run to $40 in cash money. Woody nose. Dark fruit. Very ripe but not unpleasantly so. Still fresh, I guess you might say. Black fruit. Lots of tannins but they're so ripe you can barely tell. Wish there was a big gob of Howell Mountain structure/soil on this but there doesnt seem to be. Finish is relatively long and the wine is clearly evolving. Good.
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11/16/2012 - Tonythefish wrote: 91 Points
Drinking beautifully now. Nice fruit, supple tannins and smooth finish
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9/21/2012 - ravbik wrote: 94 Points
Wonderful, full bodied cab. Balanced fruity supple, good depth and richness. Tannins have mellowed.
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6/6/2012 - Katie&Mike wrote: 90 Points
Drinking beautifully now. Patience rewarded.
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