Community Tasting Note

oldwines wrote:

Tuesday, February 12, 2013 - Bought from a clearance sale at the winery last summer for $30 and shipped through Hurricane Sandy. I'm not sure how this wine has been treated but it seems to fare pretty well. The cork on opening was dry and lacked much staining making me wonder if it was upright for an extended period before I got it, but the bottle itself was stained by sediment on one side indicating for most of its life it was stored properly. The wine showed some age in its color with brick red edges in the glass. The nose was mostly oak/vanilla, tar, cedar and black fruit. It has nice body, mouthfeel and balance. Flavors evolved with breathing and after 3-4 hours there was a lot of black plum, black currant and chocolate. This could have been a problem bottle but wasn't bad in the end. I'm sensing potential for a good deal of bottle variation though...

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