Community Tasting Note

• Fractalage wrote: 89 points

  December 25, 2018 - In my opinion, too much new oak.
  This oak did a massive disservice to the beauty of this fruit in many ways.
  Maybe, degusting at this stage, being too young was cause for this, but having enjoyed plenty of neutral oak matured wine, I can safely say that this quality was indeed tainted with that ridiculous vanilla that didn't need to be there. Seriously, who needs vanilla with delicious crushed rocks, spice and blackberry?
  Yes, it has a modern northern Rhone appeal, but please let's keep it to neutral oak. Give those barrels away for 4 years.
  There was a delish roasted meat quality, crushed rocks, dense wild ripe blackberry that had soft tannic clout but all the while tainted with vanilla.

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