Decanted for two hours. Assertive cherry aroma and a hint of charred oak. Typical ripe but bitter fruit flavour but rather hollowing out and lacking the weight and attack one associates with Amarone. Not unenjoyable but at the end, I suspect, of its useful life. Drink up!
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Dark ruby nose: leather, oak, candied cherry. Did not offer much and needs lots of swirling for the nose to develop. Bitter, not too much tannins, sharp acidity. Alcohol a bit strong for what the wine has to give. Had this with star anise braised roast beef. The food allowed the wine to shine a bit more.
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1/8/2014 - NickBurwood wrote: 85 Points
As previous note. Fading fast - drink up! My last.
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10/22/2013 - NickBurwood wrote: 85 Points
Decanted for two hours.
Assertive cherry aroma and a hint of charred oak. Typical ripe but bitter fruit flavour but rather hollowing out and lacking the weight and attack one associates with Amarone.
Not unenjoyable but at the end, I suspect, of its useful life. Drink up!
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11/6/2010 - The Masked Sommelier wrote:
Dark ruby
nose: leather, oak, candied cherry. Did not offer much and needs lots of swirling for the nose to develop.
Bitter, not too much tannins, sharp acidity. Alcohol a bit strong for what the wine has to give.
Had this with star anise braised roast beef. The food allowed the wine to shine a bit more.
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1/4/2010 - zuz66 wrote: 88 Points
4 bottles for 2010 NY Eve. decanted different lenghths 1 hour, 45 min, 30 and 0. The longer the decant lost the slightly overpowering sweetness taste.
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