Community Tasting Note

awinestory wrote:

Tuesday, January 11, 2011 - Tasted blind ...

color: deep purple, med+ intensity, tears stained
nose: med+ nose, very intense concentrated ripe red/black fruit such as black currant, blackberries, vanilla (oak), tea leaves,
palate: dry, acid med tannin med+ and drying astringent tannins, body med, alc high 14.5 up, finish ... a bit drying ...

Style note: A full bodied New World wine with lots of ripe fruit that can pair well with a steak. Good intensity, great marks for concentrated fruit, lacks finesse. Possibley a 2007 Napa or N. CA cab ...

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