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• TexasBob Likes this wine: 91 points

  May 10, 2014 - Still drinking quite well.

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• TexasBob Likes this wine: 90 points

  January 12, 2014 - Deep black cherry red in mediocre restaurant lighting. White pepper and cherries on the nose. Notes of cherry cough syrup, white pepper, deep cassis. It is drinking well but I have the feeling it is on the cusp of the downward slope. 90, and was probably a 91 a year ago.

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• SimonG wrote: 89 points

  February 8, 2013 - Decanted for sediment and about an hour of breathing time. Quite a full and deep ruby. Dense in the decanter with an obvious leggy viscosity. Nose is quite enticing, spicy plummy fruit and a nicely herbal element that gives a sense of freshness. Some earth and a touch of briar too. Full, ripe, round and fat on the attack, initially balanced by a freshness, but towards the end of the attack there's a sense of the 14.5abv too, and that carries on through the relatively simple mid-palate to the medium finish. Interestingly, with a squirt of gas, this held in the decanter with no obvious development at a cool room temperature for 24 hours when another glass showed the same, and again for 12 hours when it was finished. Seemed to show a little more integrated after 36hours and with steak rather than duck, but even so I'd prefer a tad less alcohol. Still, I can see the Pomerol styling/intent here, but prefer Verite's take on it. Top *** but I wouldn't rebuy.

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• TexasBob wrote: 93 points

  September 23, 2012 - Lovely and mature garnet red. Nose of ripe blackberry patch with a touch of coffee. Notes dominated by black raspberry with a touch of white and black pepper, blueberry, earth, coffee, and a very slight bit of tar (the latter of which is nowhere near as distracting as you might think). The finish lingers forever and really highlights the blueberry. Really good stuff.

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• jreis wrote:

  February 5, 2011 - This is still drinking beautifully. Coffee, dark blackberry, graphite and white pepper on the nose. Beautiful tart black fruit, sweet tannins, leather and dusty earth on the palate and a nice long finish.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2000
• Type Red
• Producer Havens Wine Cellars
• Varietal Red Bordeaux Blend
• Designation Bourriquot
• Vineyard n/a
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Napa Valley
• Appellation Napa Valley

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• In Cellars 90 (44%)
• Consumed 113 (56%)

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