Excellent wine. I would hold off for another 2-3 years, yet still very drinkable today. If you open today, decant for at least 2 hours. Fruit is very vibrant, and needs to chill out a bit. Cheers
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Needs time but still very good. Certainly recommend with food. I found it to be balanced. Slow ox for 4 hours, drank over another 4.
Mineral, graphite, slate, forest floor, and black fruit on the nose. After dinner the tannins really started to take hold, but still enjoyable. I know this was a tough vintage and not as good as the Rocket Block, but still a very good wine.
Will open another next year and see how it has developed. I am worried about smoke coming through as these get older.
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Double decanted and left in bottle under cork for 24 hours. Still a little hot (15.8 showing) after that, but only a little. At least that’s what I thought - my wife objected more. Great flavor - really tasty. Curious to see if it will naturally shed some of the heat or that’s going to be a permanent feature of this vintage.
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5/9/2024 - Super Dave AZ Likes this wine: 94 Points
totally my fault, needs some more time, will improve. day 2 was so much better. many yers on waitlist, first allocation. Worth the wait, iMO
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3/30/2024 - Cuellar's Cellar Likes this wine: 93 Points
Excellent wine. I would hold off for another 2-3 years, yet still very drinkable today. If you open today, decant for at least 2 hours. Fruit is very vibrant, and needs to chill out a bit. Cheers
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3/9/2024 - rrasmuss wrote: 93 Points
Needs time but still very good. Certainly recommend with food. I found it to be balanced. Slow ox for 4 hours, drank over another 4.
Mineral, graphite, slate, forest floor, and black fruit on the nose. After dinner the tannins really started to take hold, but still enjoyable. I know this was a tough vintage and not as good as the Rocket Block, but still a very good wine.
Will open another next year and see how it has developed. I am worried about smoke coming through as these get older.
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1/27/2024 - Bob23 Likes this wine: 94 Points
Double decanted and left in bottle under cork for 24 hours. Still a little hot (15.8 showing) after that, but only a little. At least that’s what I thought - my wife objected more. Great flavor - really tasty. Curious to see if it will naturally shed some of the heat or that’s going to be a permanent feature of this vintage.
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11/12/2023 - cmmatthews Likes this wine: 93 Points
Definitely not ready to go...very tight, grippy tannin and dark fruit. Very long finish. Give it a bit more time.
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