Community Tasting Note

markjanes wrote:

Thursday, October 14, 2010 - continued from below...

This wine is the ultimate crowd pleaser, it is the ultimate educational tool to distinguish bitterness (a sensation processed by taste buds) and astringency (a sensation processed by free nerve endings) as this wine is astringent as can be (more tannins whether or not polymerized = more astringency) yet not very bitter (more short chain tannins = more bitterness). The wine reminds me of Casa Lapostolle's wines... well made, very high pH, very 'worked,' very likable. 'Very good' to 'excellent' wine at best as it lacks balance and expression of place (though 'extraordinary' wine for its style) but boy will it be loved! Drink now... they already did the aging of this wine for you, in fact it will get bitter as it ages as the tannins will fall out of polymerization and then the wine is astringent and bitter. Sorry so long, this bottle was fascinating!

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