Tasted after 1 hour of air. Stewed prunes on the nose. Medium garnet color. Dried cherries. Tannins melted away. Still firm acid. A bit of dust. Past its prime for sure but still has life.
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Tasted after 1 hour of air. Medium garnet color. Raisin fruit. Some licorice spice. Cassis and black cherry. Not surprising this is past its prime if you are into fruit forward wines. It is still holding together nicely for a 25+ year old Washington wine though. I recall really enjoying these 20 years ago. Still very good.
Great job Matt Loso.
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Another beautiful bottle with lots of life left. Ready to go a few minutes after opening. Fruit still very evident with some secondary notes starting to show. Very nice place right now. Would buy again.
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cork crumbled at opening. some bricking but color is remarkably dark for its age. Nose shows reduction Palate is lovely sweet fruit, just starting to show leathery tannins and secondary flavors. Long finish. An absolute steal at auction for $10. Washington gets so little credit...
Mostly about the fruit. Tannins were smoothed out and alcohol moderate. Soft cab franc and merlot evident, but still the cab dominates. Nice to have my last bottle from the case be a good one! Adios, amigos!
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Aging better than the '99 (no surprise given the vintage), and a very tasty cab blend. Good balance and lots of fruit to go with some emerging mature flavors.
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Med blackish ruby, aromas of slight funk, pepper, muted fruit, dusty berry, some heat, b3, a3, t3, decent balance, plenty of drying tannin, has a funky "off" flavor, or dirty flavor, caraway?
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4/30/2024 - Brian Glas Likes this wine: 88 Points
Tasted after 1 hour of air. Stewed prunes on the nose. Medium garnet color. Dried cherries. Tannins melted away. Still firm acid. A bit of dust. Past its prime for sure but still has life.
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1/28/2024 - Brian Glas Likes this wine: 91 Points
Tasted after 1 hour of air. Medium garnet color. Raisin fruit. Some licorice spice. Cassis and black cherry. Not surprising this is past its prime if you are into fruit forward wines. It is still holding together nicely for a 25+ year old Washington wine though. I recall really enjoying these 20 years ago. Still very good.
Great job Matt Loso.
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12/1/2016 - hiker_guy Likes this wine:
Another beautiful bottle with lots of life left.
Ready to go a few minutes after opening.
Fruit still very evident with some secondary notes starting to show. Very nice place right now.
Would buy again.
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11/12/2015 - hiker_guy Likes this wine:
cork crumbled at opening.
some bricking but color is remarkably dark for its age.
Nose shows reduction
Palate is lovely sweet fruit, just starting to show leathery tannins and secondary flavors. Long finish.
An absolute steal at auction for $10. Washington gets so little credit...
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10/23/2011 - FLI Likes this wine: 90 Points
Mostly about the fruit. Tannins were smoothed out and alcohol moderate. Soft cab franc and merlot evident, but still the cab dominates. Nice to have my last bottle from the case be a good one! Adios, amigos!
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5/24/2011 - FLI Likes this wine: 90 Points
Lots of fruit, nicely integrated tannins. This wine is drinking well right now.
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1/5/2010 - rmcnees wrote: 90 Points
Dark, nicely integrated complex structure of dark berry, black cherry, berry flavor, hint of anise on a nicely balanced tannin finish.
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3/1/2008 - Easter Everywhere wrote: 87 Points
Bit funky & dirty (brett) but takes on a nice satiny texture w/good (if odd) flavors
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9/23/2007 - 56*Cellar wrote: 90 Points
Nothing like a large format amongst friends. Can still be laid down for a few years, but it is ready anytime.
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1/13/2007 - GolferChris wrote: 90 Points
Nicely structured and balanced. Aromas/flavors of blackberry, currant and leather. Well intergrated tannins and long, lingering finish.
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9/1/2006 - Rieslingfan wrote: 90 Points
Aging better than the '99 (no surprise given the vintage), and a very tasty cab blend. Good balance and lots of fruit to go with some emerging mature flavors.
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5/1/2006 - Easter Everywhere wrote: 82 Points
Med blackish ruby, aromas of slight funk, pepper, muted fruit, dusty berry, some heat, b3, a3, t3, decent balance, plenty of drying tannin, has a funky "off" flavor, or dirty flavor, caraway?
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3/27/2006 - luko wrote:
Has aged nicely. Beautiful mature cab. Wish I had more.
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11/8/2005 - elpasset wrote: 89 Points
Forgot about this one. Opened it and was pleasantly surprised.
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