Community Tasting Note

slanum wrote:

Wednesday, October 26, 2011 - Purple ink. On release this was effusively, hugely fruity in all dimensions. Now, some of that has tapered off. Aromas are ripe but fresh--nowhere near port, prunes or raisins. There's an appealing earthy, vegetable streak to the fruit (bell pepper-ish). Like every Breton wine I've ever tried this one's tannic, but there's enough fruit to even things out (not always the case with them). The label says 12% alcohol and despite the ripeness I don't doubt that--this is very drinkable and there's no heat. Some of that big, tasty fruit I remember from 2008 has softened or receded but could still be described as brambly. This hasn't developed a lot of additional complexity--yet--but I'd bet that the components are there to make this last quite a while. Really enjoyed this today; feel in no hurry to open the next bottle.

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