Community Tasting Note

Vietty wrote:

Monday, November 7, 2016 - Nose is aromatic, color starting to show some of the age. Some mild sediment was removed with decanting. Tastes like a solid and dense core of medium red fruit. There is some earth and dry leaves but to me the fruit is still front and center. I have the perception of sweetness, but it seems to come from the fruit itself. The wine finishes dry and in good balance, not hot. I did not get stewed fruit or prunes as others have mentioned in previous notes.

This wine has evolved considerably compared to the tasting that I had upon release (improved to my palate). Fruit is still in the forefront (enough to pair with a luxardo cherry and balsamic gastrique) but more integrated into the rest of the wine. The tannin has been tamed but still enough to cut the fat from the rack of lamb we had. We've had a few different glasses of Chataneuf du Pape lately, and my wife guessed CdP blind which was a really good call to me (unblind). The wine improved with the 1 hour decant/aeration prior to dinner. If I had any bottles left I would drink within the next 3-5 years.

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