Community Tasting Note
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Paul S wrote: 90 points
May 6, 2011 - 2011 Simple Series VI: Dave's Birthday (Imperial Treasure Super Peking Duck, Paragon): A very interesting wine - we could not decide whether it was a Rhone or Burg, or a new world blend! Not short on quality either though. It had an interesting nose of grassy earth, plum fruit, mulberry and cooked cherries along with a rich, almost liquered background with some glycerol and licorice along with a whiff of rubber. The palate picked up on the richness showed on the nose. It was big and weighty, perhaps lacking a bit acidity for a wine of its size, but it had a nice purity in its expression of red cherries and raspberries. Nice long finish too, with metally mineral fading into a dried fruited tail replete with red dates and black tea framed by a layer of layer of firmish tannins. Not perfect, a bit rustic maybe, but overall actually very yummy and full of character. By far the cheapest wine on show, but certainly not the weakest. Good show.
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