Community Tasting Note

Wine Gombie wrote:

Saturday, January 4, 2014 - 1st off this is a VERY young, tannic, VOLUPTUOUS, bottle of red wine. Like conversating to a very well developed, but immature mid. . . Stopping now. If you plan on drinking this right away, decant this beginning at 7am for your 6pm dinner. Oh yea, and make sure dinner is very bold...aka Venison, Lamb, bison, or beef.

2nd, if you're not drinking it right now, Lay This One DOWN For A While. We will be doing just that with the rest of our bottles. Whew!! Just Sayin'

So Anyway . . . . . . .

Nose: Don't let this fool you. Soft & quite rounded with lingering fruit, cassis, cherry, and a hint of vegetation, like a summer garden coming into bloom.

Color: Bright & Happy red. Like a prom dress at the beginning of the evening! :)

Taste: BOOM! Strong Tannins right out of the gate. No ifs, ands, or, buts about that. Quite a passively bold character overall. Red cherry, ripe cassis with hints of cedar on the palate. A long lingering finish. I could see this cellaring for quite sometime, maybe 10+ years. We'll try our next bottle 2020, it definitely has the tannins to support a long lay down!

Just remember, this is a great wine. If you're going to drink it right, this, now, DECANT for hours! If you can't decant do what we did, run it through a Vinifera Aerator 3 times. No, not once. NO, not twice. THREE TIMES through an aerator. It will be approachable then.

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