Community Tasting Note

Frank Murray III wrote:

Friday, March 22, 2013 - Damn near 300 users of this wine now so it oughta have a wealth of TNs in the next several months. I'll offer a note now, having received the bottles recently. Perenially a QPR knock out for me, as was the 2008 and 2010, so I maintain high expectations on this cuvee. I opened the bottle 2 nights ago, so call this open just over 48 hours. The 2011 here is amped up a bit more than the 2010, as that one seemed to possess more acid and definition to me, this 2011 is more flamboyant, with a richness. The orange rind and cranberry are here, but they sit in the background, whereas the strawberry fruit this vintage is more jammy, along with the red apple. Also finding some maple in this vintage and more incrementally elevated, at least I perceive it to be, in alcohol. The acid comes back in the finish, but the fruit too remains the stronger presence. I believe this will show more as the flashy side of the RM SC, which I like. For $25, for this much in the bottle, albeit a bigger version this time, I dig it. PS--3 days open, this is hanging in nicely. Sense more of the acid today, like a sour strawberry note in the finish so you can soften I suppose some of my comment about richness, although some of that pulls back when the wine has some light chill on it, of course. This is a nice vintage for the RM SC, just a bit larger in tone that usual, I'd say.

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