Community Tasting Note

ylkim30 wrote:

Friday, January 26, 2024 - January 2024 Northern Rhone Dinner: Possibly flawed. When we first opened it, it was definitely aromatically more reticent on the nose with the palate being more austere, darker, much more savory, and brooding. I actually liked it, but when it was in the decanter for a couple of hours and people re-visited, the palate seemed to be blown out by the alcohol.

I had wine fall apart before with too much air, but this declined in a way I never experienced before. I’m not sure whether it was a case of re-visiting the '09 after having a ton of other wines; too much time in the decanter causing the fruit and other elements on the palate to zero out; or just a flawed bottle. I really have no clue. Interesting experience and still glad I tried it, especially in comparison with the '11, which was a totally different wine.

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