PopnPour, tasted over 2 hrs -nearly opaque dark red with slight brown on edge -expressive kirsch aromatics and a bit of pepper -med/med+ acidity, med- weight, med density liqueur-like black cherry reaches into the realm of cough syrup medicinal, finishes with some bitterness and heat -so very '08 S. Rhone, while this hasn't really developed much in the way of mature flavors I think this is approaching what may be a relatively short peak drinking window as I suspect once the somewhat lean fruit fades the heat will dominate
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12/27/2023 - Dancing with bottles Does not like this wine: 86 Points
thin and tired
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10/12/2017 - Cote d'Or wrote: flawed
Slightly corked. Red fruited, noticeable heat and still tannic structure.
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12/28/2015 - sleepyhaus wrote:
We had a few good bottles of this, but this one was off, either slightly corked or just a bit over the hill. Drink 'em if you're holding.
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7/28/2015 - Cote d'Or wrote:
PopnPour, tasted over 2 hrs
-nearly opaque dark red with slight brown on edge
-expressive kirsch aromatics and a bit of pepper
-med/med+ acidity, med- weight, med density liqueur-like black cherry reaches into the realm of cough syrup medicinal, finishes with some bitterness and heat
-so very '08 S. Rhone, while this hasn't really developed much in the way of mature flavors I think this is approaching what may be a relatively short peak drinking window as I suspect once the somewhat lean fruit fades the heat will dominate
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1/5/2015 - Bill Bucklew wrote: 88 Points
Similar to the last bottle, very red fruit predominant, cherry cola with a touch of earth. Still fairly basic, but balanced and fruit driven.
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