Almost reaching fourteen years old, this is delicious. Medium garnet in color. Dark fruited nose, with herbs and forest floor. Medium acidity. Supple and silky on the palate with a dusty, dry mid-length finish. Lovely bottle that is fully mature. It should linger at this stage for a handful of years but I'd pop in the short term if you have any.
cork soaked a third of the way on one side. Initially, the nose was dead - it later opened to reveal a hint of cherry and asian spices. Interestingly, there was a sweetness that hung around the nose that I could not pinpoint. The wine was soft with a nice finish. Very food friendly (had it with morel risotto), but also excellent on its own. Not a show stopper by any means, but solid - especially for the price. Everything I was hoping for from this wine.
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Light in color and body. Smells of mushrooms and baking spice. In the mouth, it's soft red cherry fruit up front, a certain nuttiness midpalate, and bell pepper and Asian spice on the finely tannic finish.
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12/9/2019 - DoubleMagnum Likes this wine: 92 Points
Almost reaching fourteen years old, this is delicious. Medium garnet in color. Dark fruited nose, with herbs and forest floor. Medium acidity. Supple and silky on the palate with a dusty, dry mid-length finish. Lovely bottle that is fully mature. It should linger at this stage for a handful of years but I'd pop in the short term if you have any.
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1/1/2017 - Cigar nuke wrote: 90 Points
Disappointing compared to the previous bottles. Moderate bricking. The nose is still beautiful but this wine was tasting a little old.
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8/8/2015 - Cigar nuke Likes this wine: 94 Points
Outstanding. Everyone's favourite of the night. Beautiful bouquet.
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7/3/2012 - thirstyman wrote:
cork soaked a third of the way on one side. Initially, the nose was dead - it later opened to reveal a hint of cherry and asian spices. Interestingly, there was a sweetness that hung around the nose that I could not pinpoint. The wine was soft with a nice finish. Very food friendly (had it with morel risotto), but also excellent on its own. Not a show stopper by any means, but solid - especially for the price. Everything I was hoping for from this wine.
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11/6/2009 - will2wine wrote: 88 Points
Light in color and body. Smells of mushrooms and baking spice. In the mouth, it's soft red cherry fruit up front, a certain nuttiness midpalate, and bell pepper and Asian spice on the finely tannic finish.
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