Cork soaked through. Nose opens a bit muted, musty with some sweet and sour cherry poking through. There is a hint of rustic barnyard as well. The palate is remarkably sweet on entry, with grippy tannins. Finished a touch simple. Better two years ago?
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This is a tricky wine. Need to let it breathes for at least 30 mins to disperse its redundant flavours. To be honest I did not really get the essence of this and I suspected there is a slightly cork effects in the wine. Overall this is a ripe wine start with lots of prune in the first 1 hour, and followed by red fruits and baked spices notes such as nutmeg, parsley and rosemary. The wine is full of deposits but I suspect it has already passed its peak. The tannin is there but cannot say it is silky or firm. The flavour changes dramatically during the 3 hours serving from a decanter. Can say this is at Very good quality but bit disappointing due to high expectation. May need another try to get unbiased justification *(87-88)
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5/19/2016 - sjw_11 Likes this wine: 87 Points
Cork soaked through. Nose opens a bit muted, musty with some sweet and sour cherry poking through. There is a hint of rustic barnyard as well. The palate is remarkably sweet on entry, with grippy tannins. Finished a touch simple. Better two years ago?
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2/1/2016 - 8count Does not like this wine:
Effervescent
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1/27/2016 - 8count wrote: flawed
4 years ago I noted to decant before drinking. Tonight it was horrendous. It was effervescant. The cork seemed fine but wad it a broken bottle?
I have 1 more bottle and will comment after opening.
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11/15/2015 - bryan107 wrote: 87 Points
This is a tricky wine. Need to let it breathes for at least 30 mins to disperse its redundant flavours. To be honest I did not really get the essence of this and I suspected there is a slightly cork effects in the wine. Overall this is a ripe wine start with lots of prune in the first 1 hour, and followed by red fruits and baked spices notes such as nutmeg, parsley and rosemary. The wine is full of deposits but I suspect it has already passed its peak. The tannin is there but cannot say it is silky or firm. The flavour changes dramatically during the 3 hours serving from a decanter. Can say this is at Very good quality but bit disappointing due to high expectation. May need another try to get unbiased justification *(87-88)
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7/3/2012 - Wali183 wrote: 95 Points
Urtypischer Sizilianer. Exotischer Duft nach Lakritz, Gewürzen, Pferd. Genial anders, vollmundig, frisch, herb.
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