Community Tasting Note

David Paris (dbp) wrote:

Saturday, April 9, 2011 - Popped and poured and drank over an hour or so. It starts with a lot of dusty book aromas, but as this sits in the glass this dissipates revealing a lot of cranberry fruits, sweet dirty beats, and raspberries; quite spicy and floral as well, graphite and pencil shavings come in later. Really beautiful, elegant and graceful. There's definitely some size to the nose. As it sits on the tongue it just grows and grows in complexity but never gets tired or tannic. There's plenty of Christmas spice building, but not any alcohol related spice. The finish really explodes with an earthy, spicy, gravelly seduction. I get the notion of licking volcanic rock slathered in raspberry fruit. There's definitely still some dusty books and on the finish this is still a little tight with heavy tannins and acid. The window on this is open, but I don't think it's yet peaking. There was a bunch of discussion at the table about the window on this one. While I agree the high tones that are making this so gorgeous today may slightly fade with time, I also feel that with the tightness of the tannins on the finish that this still has some positive evolution ahead of it.

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