Community Tasting Note

grafstrb wrote:

Thursday, July 16, 2015 - -- popped and poured --
-- tasted non-blind over a couple hours --
-- 375 mL bottle --

NOSE: initially moderately expressive; red/purple fruits – a bit "darker" than the purely red-fruited Family Farm; like the Family Farm, this has some high-toned aromatics; some oak; hint of florals after having been open for more than one hour; smells very nice.

BODY: violet-garnet color of medium-light to medium depth; medium-light bodied.

TASTE: quite hard/closed initially; high acidity; a bit green tasting --- seems closed; some oak (started as light to medium-light, but intensified with air exposure); 12.4% alc.; nice concentration of fruit (more concentrated than the Family Farm); opened-up a bit with air; probably my favorite of the 4 or 5 Alpine vintages I've tasted, and I do prefer this over the Family Farm. Excellent, with room for Excellent+ if the oak integrates.

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