Tasted blind.

A very herbal nose and smelled dry. (?) A ripe attack of cherry, berries and overripe plum. Nice spice throughout, but a little stemmy on the finish.

91 points.

I know you typically don't do points, but I am glad to see them here. Kind of puts it in perspective.

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Originally posted by spo:
I know you typically don't do points, but I am glad to see them here. Kind of puts it in perspective.

I do not, but trying to head-off the questions about points.

Methinks she sold SE at the right time!

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Originally posted by latour67:
Methinks she sold SE at the right time!

Smart move indeed.

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Originally posted by latour67:
Methinks she sold SE at the right time!

What time is that? -When winedrinkers start figuring out that SE doesn't age well? (This is not a snide remark on my part; I'm genuinely asking, as I've never tasted a single vintage myself.)

Stick, just saw your question.

Not speaking for latour67, but I thought he was just saying the value of her company was at peak, not a long history of wines really compared with others, and not sure one could obtain credit today.

I'm in Scottsdale this week, and thinking of opening a SE again.

Thanks for the reply. I've obviously never participated in buying or drinking SE, but as a social phenomenon, I find it endlessly intriguing. This wine tends to elicit strong emotions and opinions like no other.

We opened last bottle last night in Scottsdale.

This bottle was even drier than our other bottle.

I would say based on these two bottles, the '96 did not age any better than the '95.

SE appears to be an early drinking wine based on my experience.

88 points.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
We opened last bottle last night in Scottsdale.

This bottle was even drier than our other bottle.

I would say based on these two bottles, the '96 did not age any better than the '95.

SE appears to be an early drinking wine based on my experience.

88 points.

would you feel it might go through a dumb phase? like some of the 95 bordeauxs, after 30 minutes in the glass totally shuts down and just tastes tart and tannic, but after 2-3 hours will open up with sweetness and fruit again.

g-man, nothing dumb here, and SE is rarely all that special anyway. (always exceptions)

SE is like many California cabs produced the last 15 years or so... drink from year 7-12 imo, and nothing wrong with that.

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Originally posted by wine+art:
g-man, nothing dumb here, and SE is rarely all that special anyway. (always exceptions)

SE is like many California cabs produced the last 15 years or so... drink from year 7-12 imo, and nothing wrong with that.

interesting,
so for your children would you provide them the sage advice of "Buy Bordeauxs when younger and move onto cali cabs when older?"

So I guess I won't be dropping that $2k I had burning a hole in my pocket on a bottle of this.

So did you feel this was on a downward swing and had nothing to gain by additional aging? SE should be something that can age... should be.