Community Tasting Note

Elpaninaro wrote:

Saturday, May 11, 2019 - Small sample from a bottle that had been open for approximately 4 hours

Very deep red/purple color, on the nose large scaled cherry cough syrup and cassis with a persistent yeasty note and significant quantities of oak, on the palate full bodied and somewhat velvety with ripe and- in my opinion- overly extracted fruit that does a nice job of covering the massive tannic structure to make it surprisingly approachable given the sheer scale of all its components, very long finish dominated by oak notes leading to a sourish tail end, this is the ultimate expression of the modern bigger is better style and not to my liking at all, that said- to be fair this is fairly well balanced though I think the oak will have a stronger presence than I would like, this is built for big comparative tastings and I expect it will soundly throttle a great many wines that cost a great deal more, whatever happens in the long term- there is a long wait ahead for full maturity.

(*****) for what it is, (**)+? for me personally comparing it to the good old AFWE days, 2036++.

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