Decanted and served with a prime steak. Rich ruby color, nose of black fruits, lean, long finish, tannin, not a cocktail wine, needs food. Good drink but not complex for my taste. Perhaps it needs a few more years. 91 points.
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Opened bottle an hour before going out on Valentines Day 2007. Bottle levels seemed a bit low - about shoulder level... foil capsule was in excellent condition and cork showed no signs of seepage.
Scent: From the bottle vegetal scent of tobacco.
In the glass a nice bouquet of fruit mixed with tobacco.
Taste: Wonderful mouth feel, very velvety and smooth with well integrated tannins. Didn’t show much on the backend though.
Color: Still dark, almost brown, with signs of clear bricking on the rim.
Had wine over the course of our two hour meal. Wine showed a slight decline in quality by the end of the second hour. Perhaps its past its prime, or is in a dumb phase.
Score: 91
Scent: From the bottle vegetal scent of tobacco.
In the glass a nice bouquet of fruit mixed with tobacco.
Taste: Wonderful mouth feel, very velvety and smooth with well integrated tannins. Didn’t show much on the backend though.
Color: Still dark, almost brown, with signs of clear bricking on the rim.
Had wine over the course of our two hour meal. Wine showed a slight decline in quality by the end of the second hour. Perhaps its past its prime, or is in a dumb phase.
Score: 91
It should not be in decline.