Community Tasting Note

• Frank Murray III wrote:

  October 30, 2014 - Nice to get a chance to see what's under the cork here, and having just drank another one of the 2011s last month in Philly, was eager to see how the 2 vintages expressed themselves. So, to think aromatics, and even with the nearly 2/3rds whole cluster used in the 2012 (which is about double the 2011), the wine just eats it up. The aromatics instead here have a molten quality, like a dark fruited, iron and lavender. In fact, the wines stains the glass like a mutha. The palate? Hot rocks, iron, full of ink with blue-based fruit and an earthy blackberry. A finish then closes with rocks and some black olive. The wine sees zero new oak, as well. I dig the 2011, for it's black pepper and black olive and acidity, and yet this 2012 seems to honor the vintage with color, depth and throttle. And if there is a thought to whether the color and fruit portend booziness, put that thought to bed. I sensed none of that here. I got three for the cellar, these are beauties.

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