2006 d'Arenberg The Sticks and Stones

Community Tasting Notes (3) Avg Score: 91.5 points

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  3/15/2014 - JerM wrote: 93 Points

  (Brunner@Justina's) Black in glass, with spice wood, mushrooms, and richly deep blue fruits, jam and sweet late plums. Similarly plush and good acid balance and structure, this bottle now shows light funk, milk chocolate, earth, mushrooms and an enjoyable saltiness. Evocative! Midlength finish, with more citrus and graphite.

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  1/29/2012 - JerM wrote: 92 Points

  A dark inky garnet in the glass, with copious dark fruits, graphite and spices on the nose. A fantastic brew of firm but fine tannins, prominent acid, generous oak, and explosion of dark berries, violets, pencil lead, pencil shavings, and beef stock, with a complete absence of any impressions of sweetness. Lengthy savory finish, with agreeable undertones of eucalypt, dank gravelly earth and mushrooms. A massive powerful foodwine, tempered rather pleasantly when paired with rich glazed chinese smoked duck, sparerib-charsiew, and glazed HK chicken.

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  12/10/2011 - KevinMc wrote: 91 Points

  I drank this over the course of a week. It was as good on day 7 as on day 1. Decent nose, but excellent palate - Cherries, black licorice, earthiness. Really quite excellent, and great value at under $30 CAD. Recommend.

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