Community Tasting Note

grafstrb wrote:

Wednesday, December 26, 2012 - Annual CdP Dinner (Edina Country Club, MN): -- before the event, this was decanted for 4 hours and also sent through a Vinturi 3 times --
-- tasted a single pour non-blind over approx. 30 min., and then another pour non-blind over approx. 15 min. about 1.5 hours later --
-- 60% Grenache, 40% Mourvedre --

NOSE: lots of purple purple fruits and spicy florals (violets); moderate oak.

BODY: very dark color of great depth; medium-full bodied

TASTE: earthy and bitter; tannic, with drying medium-grained tannins; what fruit there is shows in the black/purple end of the spectrum; noticeable oak; 14.5% alc. showed itself quite readily. Needs time, but the moderately strong alcohol presence does worry me a bit.

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