Purple in color with no signs of bricking and opaque. Decanted for 3 hours and Wow!! Absolutely stunning with complexity and great acidity. Incredible drinking experience.
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This has exceeded it's drinkable life. I wanted to savor the maturity, and over analyze the remaining qualities in the wine, but some with more discerning palates may choose to pour out this bottle and move on. After decanting for 45 mins or so, we began to taste this against a Lebanese Bordeaux blend from '98, and the LB wine won hands down. I had the opportunity to drink this Souverain multiple different times over the years, but glad I don't have anymore of these to contemplate consuming.
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2nd of 2 Bottles in Cellar. I was amazed how well the bottle held up ... mid-to full bodied, great color and nose, and nice lingering fruit. One of those wines you wish you have more bottles in reserve!
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3/4/2022 - Stephen Rash Likes this wine: 92 Points
Purple in color with no signs of bricking and opaque. Decanted for 3 hours and Wow!! Absolutely stunning with complexity and great acidity. Incredible drinking experience.
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7/23/2021 - mercurius wrote: 94 Points
Still needs a bit more time--but on the third day it was a thing of beauty.
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5/14/2021 - HarlanPSU wrote: 88 Points
This has exceeded it's drinkable life. I wanted to savor the maturity, and over analyze the remaining qualities in the wine, but some with more discerning palates may choose to pour out this bottle and move on. After decanting for 45 mins or so, we began to taste this against a Lebanese Bordeaux blend from '98, and the LB wine won hands down. I had the opportunity to drink this Souverain multiple different times over the years, but glad I don't have anymore of these to contemplate consuming.
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5/26/2018 - callmeacab22 Likes this wine: 92 Points
2nd of 2 Bottles in Cellar. I was amazed how well the bottle held up ... mid-to full bodied, great color and nose, and nice lingering fruit. One of those wines you wish you have more bottles in reserve!
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12/3/2016 - HarlanPSU Likes this wine: 92 Points
Still completely viable. Beautiful drinker
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