Community Tasting Note

xwine wrote:

Monday, December 15, 2008 - Stated alcohol (per the label) is 14.5% (not sure where others are getting higher numbers; maybe the label understates the actual alcohol). Tasted immediately after decanting. Nose is primary and monolithic; undeveloped. Palate is big, with dense dark fruit; tough, tannic and chewy, with a distinctly charred wood bitterness on the finish. This certainly needs more time, though I'm not sure this is really my style of CnP. After a couple hours in the decanter it remains primary and dense, with a tannic and oaky structure. I'm not sure this will ever become a wine I will enjoy stylistically, but I'll be interested to find out.

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