My last of two bottles. This blossoms very nicely with air. I recommend decanting for two hours. Did not open as hoped via slow ox but did so in the glass. Becomes an expansive but not heavy wine with nice dark red and black fruit. Finish is lightened by ample acidity and fine grained tannins. Fun to get to try some of these Premiere NV bottles.
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Decanted for 3 hours and drank over 2 days. Fruit was nice out of the bottle and then it closed up some with air. A bit disappointing on day 1 - put it back in the bottle to save for next day since it wasn't really singing and moved onto a gorgeous Nine Suns. Second day was much better but still was lacking fruit and had a bit of a sour tannic note. The complexity and dark character stepped forward which made it interesting but not delicious. Kinda Darth Vader like! Actually cheated on the last glass by mixing in a touch of a Pride Vitner Select Cab which added enough fruit to really round it out! Score reflects 2nd day.
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12/21/2020 - iamandyc Likes this wine: 93 Points
My last of two bottles. This blossoms very nicely with air. I recommend decanting for two hours. Did not open as hoped via slow ox but did so in the glass. Becomes an expansive but not heavy wine with nice dark red and black fruit. Finish is lightened by ample acidity and fine grained tannins. Fun to get to try some of these Premiere NV bottles.
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11/30/2019 - iamandyc Likes this wine: 92 Points
Decanted for 3 hours and drank over 2 days. Fruit was nice out of the bottle and then it closed up some with air. A bit disappointing on day 1 - put it back in the bottle to save for next day since it wasn't really singing and moved onto a gorgeous Nine Suns. Second day was much better but still was lacking fruit and had a bit of a sour tannic note. The complexity and dark character stepped forward which made it interesting but not delicious. Kinda Darth Vader like! Actually cheated on the last glass by mixing in a touch of a Pride Vitner Select Cab which added enough fruit to really round it out! Score reflects 2nd day.
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1/11/2014 - ONEFIVE Likes this wine:
Really cool Premier lot. Will let this baby rest for a while.
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