Community Tasting Note

fclarity wrote:

Sunday, October 5, 2014 - Tasted blind, this wine had a red/purple center and taupe rims. The medium+ intensity nose displayed rhubarb, cherries, jam, and some soil.

This wine needed 5+ hours to open up and was still clearly too young. The wine's texture is so refined and fine-grained that it would be easy to be fooled into thinking this is ready to drink. However, there is a subtle angularity and toughness to this wine that indicates it is still a bit young and closed.

This needs at least 10 more years in the cellar to show its best. If you insist on opening it now, I would suggest a 12 hour decant. Look for this wine to pick up a couple points after extended cellaring.

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