Purchased on released/properly stored. Two hour decant. Wonderful nose of black fruit led to great expectations. Almost no fruit evident on the palate. Wine just seemed very tired and possibly over the hill. Some tannin still present. Recorked some and left overnight. No improvement on the next day.
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Soft and delicate but more dark fruit driven than expected for the vintage. Tannins are present but soft with supple sweet red fruit, rustic black fruit, sage, anise, cherry cola, and a slight foresty finish. Will pick up additional depth but excellent with 2-3hr decant. More femene that masculine.
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10/26/2021 - MBoccella Likes this wine: 94 Points
Decanted for about 45 minutes or so. A little tannin, initially but opened up nicely and was fragrant on the nose and quite good.
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6/7/2019 - essconsults Does not like this wine: 82 Points
A hot, overly extracted, alcoholic mess. This can't be a 95 point wine, can it? Even Sine Qua Nons, which I despise, are more interesting than this.
I don't get it.
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5/5/2019 - Vine Vixen Does not like this wine: 80 Points
Purchased on released/properly stored. Two hour decant. Wonderful nose of black fruit led to great expectations. Almost no fruit evident on the palate. Wine just seemed very tired and possibly over the hill. Some tannin still present. Recorked some and left overnight. No improvement on the next day.
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2/6/2016 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 98 Points
Same notes as before but with a predominant green tea note on the nose and finish. Easily the best 2011 I've had.
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1/16/2016 - MAXIMUM SATISFACTION wrote: 96 Points
Soft and delicate but more dark fruit driven than expected for the vintage. Tannins are present but soft with supple sweet red fruit, rustic black fruit, sage, anise, cherry cola, and a slight foresty finish. Will pick up additional depth but excellent with 2-3hr decant. More femene that masculine.
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