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Babich The Patriarch Hawke's Bay NZ 2002

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84/100 35

CS 62%, M 19%, Mal 19%. rich, gamy wine with plenty of forest floor bottle development plus berry and cedar flavours. Fine, dusty tanins with a minty herbal note on the finish. My sample might have been slightly corked.

Tasted: Jun 2007   Closure: S'cap    Average price: n/a

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