Community Tasting Note

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Thursday, December 7, 2017 - Tasted blind. This wine tastes both regal and delicious. It has a huge mass of ripe plum and tar with a big kick of licorice, tobacco, eucalyptus, and oak. Tannins are heavy but mostly woven into the structure, yielding a sense of seriousness. The acidity is at a perfect level to prevent tedium without tasting tart. Better in 5 years. Rating: 96

Guess the wine. I’m conflicted between Left-Bank Bordeaux and Barolo. My first instinct was Left-Bank Bordeaux, so that’s what I’ll go with, but the tarriness and tannins seem more Barolo-like. I would be shocked if this is anything New World. 10-15 years old.

Non-Blind p.s.: For better or worse, I think this wine is clearly on the upswing and has quite a long ways to go before it's expressing all its density. The Cellartracker suggested drink range of 2010 to 2017 should be disregarded as nonsense.

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