Community Tasting Note
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Badmonkey wrote:
November 4, 2022 - Plum Market luxury wine tasting. In my opinion these kind of wine tastings are almost worthless for such young/higher-end wines that need more time and aren’t allowed to breathe much before serving. Purple fruit - currants, dark cherry, blackberry, and some plum. Smooth mid-palate but a lighter profile than expected - medium body. Nice flavors of dark berries, some spice, cassis, and a graphite component. Decent finish but not overly long nor deep. Enjoyable but I expected more in light of the 97+ rating from WA. However, it is also so young. I’ll refrain from rating it because it needs more time to open-up/develop further. WA anticipated maturity 2024 to 2044 which makes sense. 87% cab sauvignon, 8% petit verdot, 3% malbec, and 2% cab franc.
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2 Comments
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Eagle13 commented:
11/26/23, 10:19 PM - Totally agree...It's a crime to open a high end wine that early....ABUSE!
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Badmonkey commented:
11/27/23, 4:47 AM - Unfortunately they continue to do it. Although this year there was a rep from Joseph Phelps that double decanted a couple bottles of the 2019 Joseph Phelps Insignia for four hours. It also clearly needs more time but at least she made an effort. Take care.