Tonight, the vanilla and warm baking spices were a bit more pronounced, no doubt because of a variety of food it was accompanying. You can really appreciate the way the oak compliments the cherry and chocolate core of the wine.
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Smooth and excellently balanced. Red fruit juice. Toasty sugar flavors like overdone sugar cookies with vanilla and warm spice. Gentle cherry and milk chocolate on the finish. Marvelous.
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Medium ruby, blackberry, blueberry, eucalyptus, vanilla, spice, plum, fig, smooth, moderate tannin, low acid, personally I would drink on the early side and enjoy in its youth. 90
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I thought this wine was spectacular despite a tough vintage. In a blind tasting i might mistake for Paulliac. Great nose that balances tar, charcoal with great dark berries. Great balance on the palate with a 15-20 second finish. I didn't decant. I think this wine would warrant a higher score even than a 93, but i do question its ability to age gracefully in such a tough vintage.
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Ruby color with lifted appealing cassis, black cherry, violets, tobacco, caramel, sweet spice aromas along hints of eucalyptus, and cedarwood. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, persistent and fresh with a silky texture and black cherry, plum, cassis, graphite,tobacco, and spice flavors. Long finish.
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Bright dark ruby-purple color. Nose of deep currants and black cherries along with cola, damp earth, sweet violets, caramel and clove. Juicy acid on the palate, moderately firm tannins, a smooth and enticing mouthfeel. Flavors of roasted figs, bright currants, black cherries, laced with smoke, graphite, tobacco, caramel, roasted chestnut and anise. A smoky herbal note on a long finish. Rich and age-worthy yet it’s smooth, fresh and food-friendly. 18 months in 75% new French oak barrels.
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11/8/2020 - OldHick95 Likes this wine: 93 Points
Tonight, the vanilla and warm baking spices were a bit more pronounced, no doubt because of a variety of food it was accompanying. You can really appreciate the way the oak compliments the cherry and chocolate core of the wine.
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8/29/2020 - OldHick95 wrote: 93 Points
Smooth and excellently balanced. Red fruit juice. Toasty sugar flavors like overdone sugar cookies with vanilla and warm spice. Gentle cherry and milk chocolate on the finish. Marvelous.
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6/17/2017 - tb76 wrote:
Medium ruby, blackberry, blueberry, eucalyptus, vanilla, spice, plum, fig, smooth, moderate tannin, low acid, personally I would drink on the early side and enjoy in its youth. 90
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1/1/2016 - ScottPreston wrote: 93 Points
I thought this wine was spectacular despite a tough vintage. In a blind tasting i might mistake for Paulliac. Great nose that balances tar, charcoal with great dark berries. Great balance on the palate with a 15-20 second finish. I didn't decant. I think this wine would warrant a higher score even than a 93, but i do question its ability to age gracefully in such a tough vintage.
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5/28/2015 - Achim wrote:
A nice treat after a long trip.
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12/21/2014 - Martin Redmond Likes this wine: 93 Points
Ruby color with lifted appealing cassis, black cherry, violets, tobacco, caramel, sweet spice aromas along hints of eucalyptus, and cedarwood. On the palate, it's medium-bodied, persistent and fresh with a silky texture and black cherry, plum, cassis, graphite,tobacco, and spice flavors. Long finish.
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10/31/2014 - isaacjamesbaker wrote: 91 Points
Bright dark ruby-purple color. Nose of deep currants and black cherries along with cola, damp earth, sweet violets, caramel and clove. Juicy acid on the palate, moderately firm tannins, a smooth and enticing mouthfeel. Flavors of roasted figs, bright currants, black cherries, laced with smoke, graphite, tobacco, caramel, roasted chestnut and anise. A smoky herbal note on a long finish. Rich and age-worthy yet it’s smooth, fresh and food-friendly. 18 months in 75% new French oak barrels.
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