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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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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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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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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5/10/2014 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 91 Points
Still drinking quite well.
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1/12/2014 - TexasBob Likes this wine: 90 Points
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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2/8/2013 - SimonG wrote: 89 Points
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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9/23/2012 - TexasBob wrote: 93 Points
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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2/5/2011 - jreis wrote:
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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