this wine is surprisingly good with a couple hour decant and kept at cellar temp... when it warms up, it falls apart... very consistent with last bottle, in a good way.
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so...hard to score, especially given the discrepency between day one and day 3.... but looking at my previous notes, it's pretty clear this wine is benefiting from the cellar..... on day one, with 1 hour decant, decent wine, fairly muted, but overall good qpr below $30... i had half bottle left... used argon and it sat in my cellar for 2 days... on day 3, decanted and left in cellar for 2 more hours, to find this wine opened up beautifully with great nose, complex taste and extraordinary, lingering finish for a wine of this price point... hopefully not a fluke... but seems to indicate this wine needs more time, but has much more going on than i previously thought..
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Lots of alcohol upon opening, cedar notes. Benefited from breathing for a hour so. Soft, few tannins. Good dark fruit flavors, medium structure, finish. Drink now.
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This followed a very flavorful zin ... a tough act to follow. There's dark fruit on the nose and palate with cedar notes and a little green pepper evident. It's not as good as the '05, but there's still time.
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6/27/2014 - cupoverflowing1 Likes this wine: 92 Points
this wine is surprisingly good with a couple hour decant and kept at cellar temp... when it warms up, it falls apart... very consistent with last bottle, in a good way.
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5/31/2014 - cupoverflowing1 Likes this wine: 92 Points
so...hard to score, especially given the discrepency between day one and day 3.... but looking at my previous notes, it's pretty clear this wine is benefiting from the cellar..... on day one, with 1 hour decant, decent wine, fairly muted, but overall good qpr below $30... i had half bottle left... used argon and it sat in my cellar for 2 days... on day 3, decanted and left in cellar for 2 more hours, to find this wine opened up beautifully with great nose, complex taste and extraordinary, lingering finish for a wine of this price point... hopefully not a fluke... but seems to indicate this wine needs more time, but has much more going on than i previously thought..
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10/17/2013 - jrlamia wrote: 88 Points
Lots of alcohol upon opening, cedar notes. Benefited from breathing for a hour so. Soft, few tannins. Good dark fruit flavors, medium structure, finish. Drink now.
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6/1/2013 - Parnelli Likes this wine: 88 Points
This followed a very flavorful zin ... a tough act to follow. There's dark fruit on the nose and palate with cedar notes and a little green pepper evident. It's not as good as the '05, but there's still time.
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4/2/2013 - cupoverflowing1 Likes this wine: 90 Points
this wine seems finicky .. good, but inconsistent
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