Community Tasting Note

Badmonkey wrote:

Sunday, November 5, 2017 - Found this in the secondary market at a really nice price and decided to give it a shot despite the difficult vintage - a pleasant surprise. Derived from the Corona and Pellet vineyards. Dark red fruit with a touch of blue - dark cherry, currants, and a little plum. Smooth mid-palate with decent depth but a little lighter than expected - although I probably expected too much in consideration of other vintages. Nice flavors of dark berries and a little spice. Solid finish but not overly long nor deep. Decanted for one hour and drank over another two. Not much improvement with time but appears to be at a nice drinking point. In all, one of the better bottles that I've had from the 2011 vintage for the money. In my opinion, at the upper end of Parker's 90 to 92 rating.

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