Community Tasting Note
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kfrench150 Likes this wine: 90 points
March 8, 2024 - Under natural cork. Decanted for 2 hours to start. Deep, full ruby colour with some bricking at the rim. Super funky nose with lots of apparent brett! Sweaty saddle, sweet, ripe red fruits, green tobacco, VA, cherry syrup and even more earthy funk beneath all that. Not for the faint of heart! Full bodied, sweet funky fruit extract, high fine tannins, highish alcohol, mix of acids (regulat and VA) and a long finish. Less funky and more fruity on the palate than would be expected from the nose. Lots of sweet res fruits, highly extracted and wirh lots of skin contact, sweaty saddle leather, strong black tea and cedar bark. Finishes long and feeling dry, but I think it is the high tannins overloading the sweet fruit. Surely won't be everyone's cup of tea, but I've always loved Musar and don't mind the brett and VA, but admit this one is a bit over the top in that department. Tough call, but I'm only going 90 on this one.
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