Community Tasting Note

small_cellar wrote:

Wednesday, February 6, 2008 - Bottle was decanted for over an hour. COLOR: Pale red thinning at the edges. NOSE: First thing to hit me on this wine was black pepper, and a little hi-c, followed by subtle notes of blueberry, coffee, and tomato. Reasonably complex PALATE: Good structure, big tannins, good mouth feel, but this wine is lacking on the pal. Little definition of flavor and a hot finish. The only tastes that come through are a hint of sugary coffee and too much oak. At 15 bucks this wine is a definite pass, had similar wines in the 8 and under price point.

FOLLOW UP 2/8/2008:
After a couple of days sealed with vaccuvin this wine opened up and definitely improved. Bit more defined tannins more fruit flavor and a longer finish. I'll upgrade wine to a 85 - 86 at this point.

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