Still learning to give notes but here’s what I’ve got so far…
Opened with Durand and it could not have gone better. Cork came out easy in 1 piece with just minimal flaking.
Open: Nose of blueberry and strawberry. Pale garnet in color. Long, rigid tears. Still lots of silky smooth tannins, feels like it could easily do another 5-10 years on the bottle. Medium body with a medium to medium-long finish. Tasting notes matched the scent notes.
30 minutes: Nose of chocolate, cedar lumber, wet rocks and some red fruit. Tasting notes of Dixon Ticonderoga #2 pencil, dirt and cigar/tobacco. About to grill up steaks, will update again soon with a score but, spoiler alert, it’s going to be high.
by Either-Breadfruit-83
10 Comments
Beautiful wine.
Excellent description. I love when you start to pick up on the graphite/pencil shavings
Thank you for sharing your great notes!
Dunn is hard to beat! World class
Randy is coming for you for opening an infant
Amazing bottle.
2hr update: This wine is SINGING! Absolutely delicious and just continues to evolve. Strong graphite/pencil notes at this point. What a special treat this wine was. Randy, if you see this, you’re the man.
I have a 1994 in the wine fridge and I think it’s gonna stay in there for another 5 years at least.
97 points. Best wine I’ve ever had.
One of my absolute favorites.?drank a 1990 last year and it was my #2 bottle of the year
My experience with aged Dunn wines is the tannins can outlast the fruit. Really unique style of winemaking.
Dunn fucks hard. I had a ‘13, ‘14, ‘15 Howell Mountain vertical the other day of which I am still riding the high from.