Pax nailed this. The fruit is just starting to fade but tertiary development is great. Nice acid. Nose of red raspberries, leather, full bunch bay leaves, olives, and pine resin. Nice acid, thin without much mid, and long finish of bay leaves. One of my top wines of the year. I would drink these now as the fruit isn't going to hold on much longer.
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Drank over three days, and the palate steadily displayed black olive tapenade, smoked meats, and gamey herb. Very balanced and a medium finish. Drinking very well now.
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Three years since my last taste of this wine, and it is just starting to develop some aged character. There is now a combination of dark fruit, leather, spice, herbal and earthy elements, making for a much more complex and interesting wine. It still has lots fruity depth, so there is time in hand for further development, but the signs are all there for a very interesting future.
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The wine looks inky colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, black currant (cassis), dust, mineral and black pepper. It tastes like prune, light toast, coffee, black pepper and verbena. The body is medium/full. The wine has polished texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.
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2/28/2022 - mercurius wrote: 94 Points
Pax nailed this. The fruit is just starting to fade but tertiary development is great. Nice acid. Nose of red raspberries, leather, full bunch bay leaves, olives, and pine resin. Nice acid, thin without much mid, and long finish of bay leaves. One of my top wines of the year. I would drink these now as the fruit isn't going to hold on much longer.
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11/25/2018 - brianmik wrote: 97 Points
Drank over three days, and the palate steadily displayed black olive tapenade, smoked meats, and gamey herb. Very balanced and a medium finish. Drinking very well now.
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9/3/2018 - Cadby wrote:
Bret bomb destroys any hope for discovery. Bye.
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1/15/2017 - Rieslingfan wrote:
Three years since my last taste of this wine, and it is just starting to develop some aged character. There is now a combination of dark fruit, leather, spice, herbal and earthy elements, making for a much more complex and interesting wine. It still has lots fruity depth, so there is time in hand for further development, but the signs are all there for a very interesting future.
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12/22/2016 - diegorafaelvaldez Likes this wine: 92 Points
The wine looks inky colored. The legs are medium. There is light sediment in the bottle. It smells like blackberry, black currant (cassis), dust, mineral and black pepper. It tastes like prune, light toast, coffee, black pepper and verbena. The body is medium/full. The wine has polished texture. The wine finishes long. The wine has medium acidity.
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