A beautiful bottle, this took quite a bit of air to open up. I pulled the cork at about 3pm and decanted at 8pm; it still took an hour or two to hit its stride. The aromatics were truly great; the palate was merely good. I think the tannins are holding it back. Still a lovely experience.
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At Union Square Cafe - our first OL. Served with a slew of big California Cabernets and one Barolo. Good deep color. No significant yellowing. Closed at first then very funky. Settled down a bit but barnyard funk remained the prevailing characteristic with black cherry notes.
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1/19/2018 - MartyL wrote: 87 Points
meh. seemed dried out. mostly funk on the nose with just a bit of stewed fruit. too bad.
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5/28/2011 - 14frimaire wrote:
A beautiful bottle, this took quite a bit of air to open up. I pulled the cork at about 3pm and decanted at 8pm; it still took an hour or two to hit its stride. The aromatics were truly great; the palate was merely good. I think the tannins are holding it back. Still a lovely experience.
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12/31/2006 - Arbitrage wrote: 87 Points
nose was a bit off ... seafoodish
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5/20/2006 - VDLT Wine wrote:
At Union Square Cafe - our first OL. Served with a slew of big California Cabernets and one Barolo. Good deep color. No significant yellowing. Closed at first then very funky. Settled down a bit but barnyard funk remained the prevailing characteristic with black cherry notes.
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5/8/2006 - Arbitrage wrote: 93 Points
acidic but well structured
elegant
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