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| 97 |
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8/08/08 |
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A Great Wine that is showing perfectly now! True Cal style with loads of black, concentrated fruit that sails through for nearly 45 seconds! Smooth, balanced and very easy to drink - this wine should be even better with some age. A remarkable wine for being so young. This wine rates with the best of California and the World!
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| 96 |
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8/08/08 |
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Clearly an "estate" wine -- and a great "estate" at that! A regal wine that features concentrated black fruit, cedar, and a nicely integrated bit of chocolate and mocha! Very balanced with just the right amount of tannin to suggest long, vibrant life. A great expression of an excellent vintage! This is a richly, elegant wine that has many years ahead of it!
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| 99 |
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8/08/08 |
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Wowza, wowza mamasita...this is about as good as it gets! Loads of black fruit that are hugely concentrated with lively, velvety tannins. Impeccable balance with the "proverbial" 45 second finish. Big, not huge, and still a bit racey -- this bottle was decanted for 4 hours -- smart move! Clearly an evolutionary wine that is memorable -- A real 20 year wine! The whole package -- vineyard, fruit, winemaking, vintage - a "STUNNER"!
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| 90 |
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8/08/08 |
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Somewhat disappointing and I may be too generous with the points here...while there is real red fruit, it is overtaken by a somewhat harsh edge (read as "heat")...decant it all you want, this is not performing for the "long run"...this should be MUCH better now than it is!
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| 96 |
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8/07/08 |
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This wine is progressing extremely well - while still very big, it is losing much of it's girth and rough edges. Waves of black fruit flavors that are deeply concentrated and lasting. Tannins are rounding out so that it is showing the many fine traits of this excellent vintage -- alot of life ahead for this "keeper"!
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| 96 |
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8/07/08 |
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Nicely concentrated black and red fruit that flow into tasteful hints of meat, white pepper and soft tannins. Excellent balance with few, if any, hard edges -- no heat -- clearly a "Napa" Syrah. Not SQN JFTLOI, but an exceptional expression of the variatal. Very glad I waited to drink this wine since it is just entering it's real drink window!
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