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ChillyWino
Barrel Racker
Posts:1701
 | | 01/20/2006 1:12 PM |
| | Deep purple. Great nose, loads of earth and minerals upon my initial pour. Lush wine, with some tannin. After 90 minutes cherry, vanilla, and spice begin to show themselves and integrate nicely with the earth and minerals. Was at it's best after being opened and in the glass for 60-90 minutes. Drinking great now, but based on the tannin it still has a lot of life left. | | | |
| ChangeMe
Grape Picker
Posts:15
| | 01/27/2006 4:06 AM |
| | I had the delightful opportunity of enjoying this bottle myself recently and was pleasantly surprised. Great TN's. This wine is a great value for the $$ and the wine definitely has a lot of potential to age quite nicely. I too was able to taste it after it had a chance to open up ... like you said .. it was delicious and I loved tasting it as it unfolded. I ended up buying the rest of what the distributors had left to sell. Sadly, I only have a few bottles left. | | | |
| ChillyWino
Barrel Racker
Posts:1701
| | 12/26/2007 12:20 PM |
| | Great nose; cherry, smoke, tobacco, vanilla, spice, and hints of earth. It all follows through with a nice feel and lingering finish. Seems to be missing a little in the mid palate, but otherwise a very nice and complete wine. While it's drinking nicely, I think it might be a bit shut down as it wasn't as expressive as before. | | | |
| ChillyWino
Barrel Racker
Posts:1701
| | 02/10/2008 3:24 PM |
| | This bottle seemed a lot more closed down compared to previous bottles. Nice nose of cherry, tobacco, spice, and vanilla. However seemed very subdued when tasting and it really never seemed to fully open up. If you have a bottle let it sleep. | | | |
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