Mature profile, dusty, warm and spicy nose like a liquid chocolate soufflé; the off-dry and slightly metallic palate is fresh and retains its tannic backbone, bit it has lost a lot of its fruit, there are Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte flavours, and macerated sweet strawberries; light finish, good length. Showing reasonably well as an adult after a sullen adolescence, but it was prodigious in youth and should really have been enjoyed then.
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Not tasted for a decade. Fully mature now and showing well. In fact it develops well over a couple of days in the open bottle. Fragrant nose of red cherries and minerals, eucalyptus, Alpine herbs, hint of nuttiness; bright and lively palate, lovely core of acidity, medium dry only by now, ripe but slightly metallic tannins, relatively light but with juicy black cherry fruit and dark chocolate; good finish, boudoir powder, hint of Asian spice.
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Dark plum robe. Crushed red fruits with a good grasp on tannins. Good length - excellent substitute to Vintage Port.
Robe violette sombre. Fruits rouges écrasés avec une belle poignée de tannins. Bonne longueur. Excellente alternative au porto pour un dessert au chocolat.
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7/29/2021 - Morten & Morten Likes this wine: 91 Points
Surprisingly fresh and young. Great
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2/23/2016 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
Mature profile, dusty, warm and spicy nose like a liquid chocolate soufflé; the off-dry and slightly metallic palate is fresh and retains its tannic backbone, bit it has lost a lot of its fruit, there are Schwarzwälder Kirschtorte flavours, and macerated sweet strawberries; light finish, good length. Showing reasonably well as an adult after a sullen adolescence, but it was prodigious in youth and should really have been enjoyed then.
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1/17/2015 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
Not tasted for a decade. Fully mature now and showing well. In fact it develops well over a couple of days in the open bottle. Fragrant nose of red cherries and minerals, eucalyptus, Alpine herbs, hint of nuttiness; bright and lively palate, lovely core of acidity, medium dry only by now, ripe but slightly metallic tannins, relatively light but with juicy black cherry fruit and dark chocolate; good finish, boudoir powder, hint of Asian spice.
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1/4/2010 - wahoff wrote: 91 Points
Dark plum robe. Crushed red fruits with a good grasp on tannins. Good length - excellent substitute to Vintage Port.
Robe violette sombre. Fruits rouges écrasés avec une belle poignée de tannins. Bonne longueur. Excellente alternative au porto pour un dessert au chocolat.
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11/20/2004 - Xavier Auerbach wrote: 90 Points
No longer has the overwhelming sweet, ripe fruit it had 1 - 2 years ago, and nothing else has yet replaced it. Wait and see.
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