Community Tasting Note

David Paris (dbp) wrote:

Thursday, April 16, 2020 - I lost these in the cellar... I believe these were bottled without sulfur and certainly were never meant to be aged over a decade!! So, keep that in mind. Check out my notes from 2013 and 2012 when these were absolutely beautiful and singing. Today? The color is a bit brown at this point. Still some pretty hue, and see through. As typical with these early Cornelissen wines, the aromas were very funky for the first hour plus in the glass, but then freshened up. Reading my note from 2012 helped me here, as I was about to give up on the pop and pour due to the color, and even on the first hour aroma... but it really needs the air to come back to life. Didn't you hear, we need more ventilators these days? OK then, two hours in, and the aromas show a slightly funky persimmon, but it also has a lovely zesty Meyer lemon on top. Lots of zesty minerality. Amazing after all that gnarly funk on the pop and pour that it's completely gone two hours in. Palate is still fresh, with a lovely viscosity, showing some lemon peel notes, and perhaps some lemon meat that has turned a little soft... the mineral and acid content is incredibly high, but offers a nice purity. Finish shows some slight tannins that express a bitterness initially on the finish, but then that retreats to show some more vibrant acidity and minerals carrying on for a minute. Those minerals dance a bit with bitter lemon notes. Overall, this is amazingly drinking nearly as good as the prior bottles from a decade ago come hour three. I probably would have scored this in the 60s on a pop and pour, but in due time, this becomes lovely.

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