Community Tasting Note

• bevetroppo wrote:

  November 4, 2022 - This is the second bottle of three I purchased from CSW because, I mean, who can resist the story? No chemicals in the vineyard since something like the 10th century and no sulfur in the past 70 years, with all the other Trappists, I mean trappings, of natural wine farming and elevage (I might break my hand patting myself on the back for that pun).
  
  The first bottle was horribly flawed as only a natural wine can be. This one is a slightly dull, brickish red color. The nose has no overt flaws although there is some VA that could be considered complementary. The aroma is thus slightly sour and winey, supported by fragrant cranberry and pomegranate fruit that was noticeably lacking last time around.
  
  Light to medium on the palate, the fruit is aggressively sour throughout, reminiscent of a sour beer. Ir attains a measure of balance in spite of the acid assault and finishes nicely enough with some attractive earth and ferrous notes, although with time they more resemble the actual flavor of rust.
  
  I kinda like it but it's a touch idiosyncratic if not outright weird, and acid freaks only need apply. Where it goes from here is above my pay grade. It's also possible that I just don't "get" it. To such an assertion I would humbly submit that like the peace of God, it surpasses all understanding.

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• JohnMcIlwain commented:

  11/25/22, 2:08 PM - The range of experiences with his wines are innumerable, it seems. I’ve had mostly good luck, but there was one vintage of Cuvée 910 that was a struggle to get thru the 3 bottles I purchased.

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