Community Tasting Note

Pinot luva wrote:

Tuesday, April 9, 2013 - Discovered this wine only now on our wine rack after at least 1 year sitting there in suspect storage conditions.
Initially there was sone barnyard funk/gamey aromas that were integrated into the wine but blew off after a while. The most obvious "aroma" was the excessive alcohol heat blowing off.
Once that dissipated slightly I could make out intense dark chocolate, raspberries, violets/floral aromas and hints of lemongrass amongst a plonky background.
The palate revealed the same flavours as the nose but intensified ten-fold.
There was no mistaking the ultra ripeness of the fruit given the 14.6% alcohol, although it wasn't jammy it was certainly heading in that direction. It was full bodied, harsh edged with still relatively high acidity but long length. I just have to wonder if this is what the wine was meant to taste like or if the suspect storage conditions contributed somewhat.
Either way, it definitely didn't taste like a Pinot - more like southern Rhone Grenache from a hot vintage.
Tasted the wine the next day and it was somewhat different but definitely still un-Pinot like. The ultra ripe raspberry, dark choc was still there but the palate was more rounded and the acidity and alcohol had blown off. Also, it was taking on more of a Portugese vintage port-like flavour.
Given the tasting notes above I think the storage conditions have influenced the wine somewhat, but I still think the extreme alcohol level is certainly playing its part.

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