May be past it’s prime. Fruit flavor has moved to the background. Very earthy, dusty flavor. Tannins have mellowed substantially, lots of sediment in the bottle.
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Fantastic. After buying it blindly at the tasting room in 2007, due to the Howell Mt. designation, wow, what a fantastic treat 8 years later! Great structure, strawberry/raspberry characteristics on the tip of the tongue. Still a 45 second finish. Wish I had the foresight to buy more...
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Somewhat restrained, this took a while to open up and was still a bit tight even after over two hours in the decanter. Nevertheless this is a pleasant and quite smooth CS, showing a lot of primary blue fruit flavors, mocha too.
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6/24/2020 - Mdb1982 Likes this wine: 91 Points
May be past it’s prime. Fruit flavor has moved to the background. Very earthy, dusty flavor. Tannins have mellowed substantially, lots of sediment in the bottle.
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11/6/2015 - knlowery Likes this wine: 92 Points
Great structure. Slightly dusty fruit. Strawberries and raspberries. Soft tannins at 10 years old. Our last bottle; great vintage.
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1/23/2015 - cblinstrub Likes this wine: 94 Points
Fantastic. After buying it blindly at the tasting room in 2007, due to the Howell Mt. designation, wow, what a fantastic treat 8 years later! Great structure, strawberry/raspberry characteristics on the tip of the tongue. Still a 45 second finish. Wish I had the foresight to buy more...
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7/27/2012 - TEDL wrote: 88 Points
Strong tannins with some fruit. Strong flavors persisted even hours after opening. Good bottle, recommended.
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3/18/2012 - winejnky wrote: 90 Points
Somewhat restrained, this took a while to open up and was still a bit tight even after over two hours in the decanter. Nevertheless this is a pleasant and quite smooth CS, showing a lot of primary blue fruit flavors, mocha too.
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