This still has lots of life. Medium dark red in the glass. Slow start of red fruits, which then get enveloped with a tar/rubber note that works. A bit bitter and even tight on the finish, though with time in the glass the finish begins to go on for a good 30 plus seconds. After 15-30 minutes in the glass this really begins to smooth out. Finish resolves to more smooth fine tannins. After two hours this is drinking beautifully. Very smooth and complex, still with fine tannins. So I agree with an earlier reviewer that this will last a good five or more years.
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This is incredibly smooth, and drinking beautifully at the moment. Lovely candied cherry fruit, that subtly wafts up from the nose,. Extremely smooth on the palate -- very tight and contained in a good way. There is some subtle black pepper – some syrah in the blend? Fine grained tannins on a lovely and long finish. This is really a wonderful bottle of wine.
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12/12/2020 - ras2006 Likes this wine: 90 Points
seems to have aged well. just starting on it now, but good fruit, acid, tannin
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6/25/2020 - Ron Slye wrote: 91 Points
This still has lots of life. Medium dark red in the glass. Slow start of red fruits, which then get enveloped with a tar/rubber note that works. A bit bitter and even tight on the finish, though with time in the glass the finish begins to go on for a good 30 plus seconds. After 15-30 minutes in the glass this really begins to smooth out. Finish resolves to more smooth fine tannins. After two hours this is drinking beautifully. Very smooth and complex, still with fine tannins. So I agree with an earlier reviewer that this will last a good five or more years.
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3/1/2020 - richarpb Likes this wine: 93 Points
Had this in Feb of 2020 and it was still in great shape. Nice notes of dried fruits, eucalyptus and menthol, and honey
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2/22/2019 - Ron Slye wrote: 94 Points
This is incredibly smooth, and drinking beautifully at the moment. Lovely candied cherry fruit, that subtly wafts up from the nose,. Extremely smooth on the palate -- very tight and contained in a good way. There is some subtle black pepper – some syrah in the blend? Fine grained tannins on a lovely and long finish. This is really a wonderful bottle of wine.
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4/7/2018 - Tony Molester Likes this wine:
No formal note, but for anyone wondering this is still drinking quite well. Took a good 45 minutes to start emerging, and was delicious after that.
Drink up.
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