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Sunday, October 22, 2023 - Really super floral at first like, dried flower arrangements. But then it's really dusty too so it's like an old flower arrangement dried and hung on the wall and left there to be a decoration for 20 years and it's covered in dust and cobwebs.

Or maybe It's an old wooden chest in a forgotten attic that hasn't been opened in way too long and the stale but fragrant air comes wafting out.

Definitely a fun and intriguing nose.

The drink is - well, an acquired taste. Very rustic, very savory. You can tell that the tannins on this wine were really tight and almost abrasive once upon a time but here we are 22 years later and yes, they've resolved themselves to some extent but it's still challenges the palate, because it's gritty and maybe even a little bitter.

None of this of course is bad or flawed or wrong in any way It's just sort of like an old man with a tweed jacket with leather patches on the elbows who has chainsmoked Lucky Strikes his whole life and drinks too much whiskey.

The label and the wine are so perfectly congruous you have to respect it. You get exactly what you'd expect from a wine that looks like this.

Here's the clincher on this wine. I can't think of one culinary dish that this wine couldn't stand up against. It is so assertive, aggressive, and stands for what it is so strongly, it would hold up to any meat, any stew, any combination of flavors, herbs or spices. Get it with some venison stew or something of the like, and you'll be a happy camper.

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