Community Tasting Note
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Loren Sonkin wrote: 88 points
September 1, 2014 - A Labor of Love (and wine and beer) (Our home): I was told this was corked. I don't think so, so I assume it was just quite dusty when opened. By the time I got to it, it was nice. The nose is very dusty (Rutherford?) with cherries and some heavy use of oak. It does have a great texture. The palate also shows some oak but also some nice cherries. A lot of oak/heat on the finish. Some will love this wine more than I. For me, it just is over oaked. It is s till a very good wine, but perhaps it might have been even better. I doubt the fruit outlasts the oak.
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PIntag commented:
3/28/21, 7:22 AM - You were right - the oak outlasted the fruit on this oak monster. Hard to believe of the 20 other notes on this wine, not one mention of oak (besides yours).