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7/21/2013 - Stefanos T. wrote: 92 Points
Much better performance than one year and half ago.
Fresh, vibrant, typical Xinomavro from Naoussa with tamed tannins, aromatic
and flavorful.
Consumed within three days and while it was expressive from the start on day
three the wine was superb. I agree with the mineral notes that Keith Levenberg reports.
So while I gave the wine 91 points on the first day, I shall give it a 92 overall since on
day three the wine was on par with very good Barolos to which it has many resemblances
and I would have given it 93 points.
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3/6/2012 - Stefanos T. wrote: 89 Points
Medium garnet colour with some browning hews. Nose is expressive, shows some evolution but still has fruit, mostly damson complemented by earthiness and black pepper. Medium bodied with soft tannins for the grape, good acidity and very flavorful. I would dare say alcohol seems a little bit disjointed. Maybe not the best vintage for Karydas, but still a very good food wine.
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5/19/2011 - Yiannis wrote: 87 Points
Fairly dark garnet. Evolved, but typical xinomavro nose with baked tomato, black currant, sweet spice and jammy sour cherry. Mid-bodied with velvety tannins, somewhat cooked fruit and balancing acidity. Long finish. On the decline. Much more evolved than the 2004 and 2006, almost as evolved as the 2003. Surprised to find out such a rapid evolution since I last tasted this wine (February 2010).
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12/21/2010 - Enfantterrible wrote: 91 Points
Great wine, great QPR. The impression is of a wine with amazing lightness, delicacy, and strength and length. Mineral, tar, and a fruit profile that feels closer to burgundy (as KL says). But it's the way it dances across the tongue that I really love. Happy to have 4 more bottles...
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7/5/2010 - Keith Levenberg wrote: 95 Points
This is one of those wines that I strongly suspect will make you look like a total genius one day down the road if you start cellaring some today. It has all the ingredients to turn out stunning, and you'll probably be the only guy on the block with aged xinomavro.
I first encountered this wine with the 2003, which instantly got my attention with its insanely vivid minerality, one of the rockiest reds I've ever tasted. This vintage is, if anything, even more distinctive. Like the 2003, the minerality grabs you right away, though here it's more reminiscent of the tarry flavor of a Barolo than the more metallic rock quarry of the '03. The comparison of this grape to nebbiolo has been made before, but the form is much more feminine. There is an abundance of tannin but it's the kind you can really enjoy sinking into, not the astringent type that bites back. And the fruit comes across with amazingly graceful proportions, more Burgundy than Barolo. As it sits in the glass the tannin flexes its muscle more and more and the final impression it leaves me with is kind of like the old style of Bordeaux that's been nearly extinct since somewhere around the 1996 vintage.
Interestingly, when I was searching the net for more information on this producer I came across this tasting note by a wine writer named Elliot Essman on the 2003 - http://www.stylegourmet.com/wine/tas00160.htm. And gosh, did he ever nail it. This might be the greatest tasting note I've ever read, not only is it beautifully written but it totally captures to a T the experience of drinking this wine, both the literal sensations and the feelings it leaves you with.
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