Community Tasting Note
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TannicBeast Likes this wine: 93 points
March 26, 2015 - This is a remarkable wine and indicative of a great vintage. It benefits from air, air and then some more air. The color is clear, deep, purple with garnet hues on the rim. It appears a lot younger than its stated age. This is a concentrated, glass-staining wine with a considerable amount of sediment. The nose is clean, with baked cherries, sugar plums, baking spices, pine, licorice, coffee and tea leaves. The nose is still developing. The palate is dry with some nice fruit upon entry, medium (+) alcohol (14%), polyphenols and minerality. The acidity is medium (+) and the tannins are medium (+) to pronounced, even after 14 years. This is a medium (+) to full-bodied wine, with medium (+) flavor intensity and long finish. The tannins are still quite noticeable and - thanks to the lively fruit - this bottling appears to have several more years of additional aging potential. A very interesting wine, particularly if you can find it on sale in the $50 range.
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