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92 JG.
". . . aged very gracefully and is drinking beautifully at age forty-six. The excellent bouquet delivers scents of cassis, bell pepper, a beautiful base of stony soil tones, cigar ash, herb tones, chipotles and a smoky topnote. On the palate the wine is deep, full-bodied, complex and still very nicely structured, with a good core, fine soil signature, melting tannins and a long, tangy and low fat finish. This is not the blockbuster style of the classic 1968 or 1970 vintages at Mayacamas, but this is an utterly complete wine in its own right and beautiful evidence that Bob Travers did not require only the ripest years to make great wines." John Gilman, View From the Cellar #58, Aug 2015 |