Community Tasting Note

grafstrb wrote:

Wednesday, December 23, 2009 - -- popped and poured --
-- tasted non-blind over 4 hours --

NOSE: very ripe fruit - blackberries; lots of oak; hint of graphite; not funky.

BODY: garnet w/mollasses hue throughout; color is of medium-deep depth; lots of fine particulate matter; medium-full bodied.

TASTE: blackberries; lots of oak; hint of funky earthiness; well-balanced with soft tannins; this is a huge wine, and really needs at least 5, if not 15, more years. Has potential to score higher if some oak gets absorbed. Strong "Hold" recommendation on this one.

B: 50, 5, 11, 16, 8 = 90
A: 50, 5, 11, 15, 8 = 89

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