tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516992921001277212.post4054335508764525081..comments2009-12-14T09:15:55.593-05:00Lake Norman Foodiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12308293255975603811lakenormanfoodie@gmail.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4516992921001277212.post-40281546796390488342009-12-13T10:26:16.794-05:002009-12-13T10:26:16.794-05:00

Enjoyed the wine very much with a wood-charcoal grilled swordfish steak. I opened the bottle two and a half hours before dinner. No smell...totally closed. This was extreme so I poured two glasses immediately helping both the poured and bottled wine breathe. For the first thirty minutes the smell came really close to matching your description, especially the mineral part. Three hours later it was

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When you drink it, let me know how it was! Also, if you get a chance, gimme the year. I could find ratings for almost every year but 2004 -- so I'm thinking that may be an off year.

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Aaagh! Must have been at the same super ma...oops store. Have not had this wine lately but it's one my wife and I drank thru the 70s and 80s when bordeaux was affordable and this one was still a better value. My father in law swore by it in off years and we enjoyed it in both good and bad years (matter of fact he gave us a case of the '78, hope I was as good a son in law as he was a

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