I have had this wine 4 times in past 5 months, what a great wine!! same as my last tasting note as from the same case. This has many more years on it, the longer it stayed open the better it got. One of the best examples of great cali wine being made. As always, a complete smokeshow and a stunner!
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Kendrick’s Wine Club (67 Pall Mall, London): Our 9th encounter in a good decade with this beautiful wine ( Papies 95 ) and we can but just repeat the experience from a couple of years ago. Just effortlessly elegant , soft wine in the grand context of things , earthy but with a beautiful fruit, well evolved but in now way old and for lovers of this old school purity of 90s Napa that evolved classic Bordeaux style but with the extra dolllop of ripeness that comes from this terroir this is but a majestic wine experience, 95-96 easy and with a few more years to go like another 10 easy.
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Was doing some spring cleaning and came across this absolute stunner. Provenance was clearly excellent but oh my god is this in a great place. California jammy fruits meet bdx sophistication, actually reads more right bank than left which is obviously surprising given its composition. This will still kick for another 5-10 but likely won’t get much better.
Holiday Champagne Gala (Wilmette Harbor Club): Opened and gala dinner. Alongside 1991. Still lush, fresh enough, nicely complex spices adding to fresh & mature black cherry and currant. Very good now,
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5/7/2024 - zimmy07 Likes this wine: 97 Points
I have had this wine 4 times in past 5 months, what a great wine!! same as my last tasting note as from the same case. This has many more years on it, the longer it stayed open the better it got. One of the best examples of great cali wine being made. As always, a complete smokeshow and a stunner!
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4/8/2024 - Papies wrote: 96 Points
Kendrick’s Wine Club (67 Pall Mall, London): Our 9th encounter in a good decade with this beautiful wine ( Papies 95 ) and we can but just repeat the experience from a couple of years ago.
Just effortlessly elegant , soft wine in the grand context of things , earthy but with a beautiful fruit, well evolved but in now way old and for lovers of this old school purity of 90s Napa that evolved classic Bordeaux style but with the extra dolllop of ripeness that comes from this terroir this is but a majestic wine experience, 95-96 easy and with a few more years to go like another 10 easy.
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1/28/2024 - vinohabanero Likes this wine: 97 Points
Was doing some spring cleaning and came across this absolute stunner. Provenance was clearly excellent but oh my god is this in a great place. California jammy fruits meet bdx sophistication, actually reads more right bank than left which is obviously surprising given its composition. This will still kick for another 5-10 but likely won’t get much better.
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1/20/2024 - G_H wrote: 95 Points
Oh my, this was showing well tonight. A perfect Bordeaux with just this added layer of sexiness!
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12/21/2023 - Burgundy Al wrote: 93 Points
Holiday Champagne Gala (Wilmette Harbor Club): Opened and gala dinner. Alongside 1991. Still lush, fresh enough, nicely complex spices adding to fresh & mature black cherry and currant. Very good now,
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