Community Tasting Note

• Frank Murray III wrote:

  March 14, 2010 - An early preview, as this is a barreled up final blend for the wine, as it readies to be bottled soon. Was pulled from barrel on Thursday, arrived on Friday and drank today, which is Sunday. It's had about 2 hours of air and we'll finish it by dinner, which is shortly: pasta with red sauce, chicken sausage and sund dried tomato. The nose shows a sweet incense, a lavender note, too. The wine shows a black raspberry and juicier core, although it's not thin in weight but medium to medium +. There is the requisite bbq notes, a creamy edge to the red and black fruit, licorice and a zesty acidity, much like the 2008 Novy Susan's Hill that I finished a similar sample of on Friday. This one seems wired the same way, and it appears that Adam got the acidity to speak more on both these wines, which livens up the finish. As the wine closes, the zing of the acid and the red fruit and a bit of char carry it along. More zesty and pointed than the 2008 Lucia Garys', too. Very nice and will favor both food pairings and drinking solo, too. Well done.

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• TJolley commented:

  3/14/10, 7:12 PM - This sounds very tasty, I am definetly a fan of the 07 Susan's hill and Gary's vineyard Novy. I find the Susan's Hill to offer a more unique flavor profile in both the Novy, and Lucia.
  Great preview! can't wait for them to come out.

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