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International Wine Cellar
Author: Stephen Tanzer
Issue: Issue 84
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Perfumed aromas of blueberry, kirsch and framboise, with complicating notes of mint and pencil shavings. Sweet and supple, but firm and penetrating, with sharply defined, intense flavors that are complex but unevolved. Strong acids currently clash with huge tannins. Quite dominated by its structure in the early going, but this very dry wine has the concentration of fruit to benefit from extended bottle aging.
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The powerhouse, opaque purple/blue-colored 1996 Les Pavots is a blend of 74% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot, and 6% Cabernet Franc. The nose offers up blackberry, licorice, cassis, and pain grille aromas. The superb extract, well-defined personality, and smoky, licorice, Asian spice, and blackberry flavors provide a thrilling tasting experience. It was bottled with neither fining nor filtration. There are approximately 2,800 cases of this fabulous effort.
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Wine Spectator
Author: James Laube
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This Cabernet blend is simply brimming with ripe, juicy, complex flavors of black cherry, currant, wild berry and plum. The wine is sharply focused, supple and elegant in texture and capped by a lingering, flavorful finish. Contains Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc. 3,900 cases made.
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