Opened the bottle and set it aside for a couple hours. Lovely Monte Bello minerals on the nose and palate. Violet perfume. Feminine and graceful. I’m so pleased with this. Day2 it’s more blue-fruited, leaner of course, gentle. Drink now!
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Nice structure, dark fruit, balanced acid and tannins, bit more acidic on the finish drunk on its own, but great with food. Opened an hour before a holiday party and served with tamales, it was a great accompaniment. Drinking well now.
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After an hour decant I had a couple tastes: acidic, mild tannins, some balsalmic notes, vibrant. Purple coloring on the edges. Spot on Cab Franc pencil lead characteristics. After hour 3 this has softened a ton, more round, acid had faded, velvety. Enjoyed this with a ribeye. Would have preferred to have consumed it after hour one as those initial flavors would have help with the meal better. This is in a perfect place. Drink up.
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Lots of floral, earthy, and vegetal notes on the nose, with a core of cherry fruit and edge of leather. It’s medium-bodied in the mouth, bright, with tart and fresh cherry and dried cherry too. Finishes pure and pretty. It’s still youthful, will probably last 5 to 10 years more.
Usually this fruit ends up in the Monte Bello, but it was bottled separately in this vintage, which makes this a special treat.
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4/22/2024 - wchrisw Likes this wine:
Drank over 2 days. After about 2 hour decant this peaked. Violets wrapped in fine leather. Bright with energy for an old red.
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10/16/2023 - wchrisw Likes this wine:
Opened the bottle and set it aside for a couple hours. Lovely Monte Bello minerals on the nose and palate. Violet perfume. Feminine and graceful. I’m so pleased with this. Day2 it’s more blue-fruited, leaner of course, gentle. Drink now!
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12/8/2022 - moxielady wrote: 93 Points
Nice structure, dark fruit, balanced acid and tannins, bit more acidic on the finish drunk on its own, but great with food. Opened an hour before a holiday party and served with tamales, it was a great accompaniment. Drinking well now.
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4/15/2021 - wchrisw Likes this wine: 91 Points
After an hour decant I had a couple tastes: acidic, mild tannins, some balsalmic notes, vibrant. Purple coloring on the edges. Spot on Cab Franc pencil lead characteristics. After hour 3 this has softened a ton, more round, acid had faded, velvety. Enjoyed this with a ribeye. Would have preferred to have consumed it after hour one as those initial flavors would have help with the meal better. This is in a perfect place. Drink up.
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2/11/2020 - pgm Likes this wine: 93 Points
Lots of floral, earthy, and vegetal notes on the nose, with a core of cherry fruit and edge of leather. It’s medium-bodied in the mouth, bright, with tart and fresh cherry and dried cherry too. Finishes pure and pretty. It’s still youthful, will probably last 5 to 10 years more.
Usually this fruit ends up in the Monte Bello, but it was bottled separately in this vintage, which makes this a special treat.
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