Still quite a severe, serious wine. Deep dark ruby. Concentrated, good acidity. Still there is fruit. Black plums, leather, dusty library, tar. Not hugely different from six years ago! No longer sure where this will go to.
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Very serious wine, starting to come out of its shell. Deep dark ruby. Concentrated, good acidity. Plenty fruit. Black plums, leather, dusty library, tar. Loads of life to come.
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Despite decanting 6 hours ahead of serving this bottle did not really open. Weak nose and not much fun on the palate either. Nothing wrong with the wine, but a bit boring. I'll save my other bottles a couple of years and hope for a better result.
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This one seemed to have regressed a bit back into its shell. Still dark ruby/black. Plenty dark berry fruits, black plums, charcuterie. Tannins still very much present. Good length. And acidity, degree of finesse too, for it's kind that is. Suspect this is one for the long haul. Let's see.
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2/5/2022 - cannym Likes this wine: 90 Points
Still quite a severe, serious wine. Deep dark ruby. Concentrated, good acidity. Still there is fruit. Black plums, leather, dusty library, tar. Not hugely different from six years ago! No longer sure where this will go to.
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11/10/2016 - cannym Likes this wine: 91 Points
Very serious wine, starting to come out of its shell. Deep dark ruby. Concentrated, good acidity. Plenty fruit. Black plums, leather, dusty library, tar. Loads of life to come.
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12/4/2015 - vsbastosx Likes this wine: 90 Points
No formal notes taken at that time....but I remember being easy drinking...it was a crowd pleaser that night.
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1/2/2015 - Kaerhoeg wrote: 88 Points
Despite decanting 6 hours ahead of serving this bottle did not really open. Weak nose and not much fun on the palate either. Nothing wrong with the wine, but a bit boring. I'll save my other bottles a couple of years and hope for a better result.
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9/12/2014 - cannym Likes this wine: 90 Points
This one seemed to have regressed a bit back into its shell. Still dark ruby/black. Plenty dark berry fruits, black plums, charcuterie. Tannins still very much present. Good length. And acidity, degree of finesse too, for it's kind that is. Suspect this is one for the long haul. Let's see.
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