Community Tasting Note
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tward Likes this wine: 93 points
June 25, 2022 - This is excellent and will be interesting to follow.
At PnP and over about an hour I had a glass of this, allowing it to open in the glass. Complex and unfolding, turned moist earth, pine forest floor, the fruit starts subdued, soy / roasting caramelizing fruit, spice (nutmeg?), smoke, some brine / olive, fresh bay leaf, more soy, sois bois, autumn leaves, the finish gets longer as this gets air.
After that glass, the bottle was capped with a rubber stopper, no gas or suction, and stored upright in a wine fridge. A week later the rest was consumed. I felt that the extended air contact was a net negative. There was the air in the bottle and I'm unsure whether those suction caps are really well sealed when not suctioned. It showed bacon and also I found the smoky nose had become too strong, too campfire, but this distraction faded, some aging sour game, some brown sugar. It was still very good, but felt like a wine past peak. Still, great with a sirloin steak.
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