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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The warm vintage worked in this wine’s favor, ripening the grapes to blackberry and black currant fruitiness, while preserving the dryness and fine tannins of Atlas Peak. At the age of more than six years, it still remains rather tough and resistant. Considering its mountain origins, it should slowly develop additional bottle complexity over the next 6–8 years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Tannic astringency marks this Cabernet, even though it’s more than seven years old. It feels hard and unrelieved in the mouth, although there’s enough blackberry, cherry and cassis flavor to satisfy. The question is whether or not continued aging will eventually bring this tough, aggressive wine around. Try after 2013.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
A tense, tight, tannic mountain wine that’s pretty closed and rough at this time. Shows herbal and blackberry flavors and is very dry. Could develop a bit with short-term aging.
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