Community Tasting Note

Man in Black wrote:

Saturday, November 22, 2014 - The wine is clear and bright with a deep purple colour. The nose is clean and developing, showing medium intensity aromas of red fruits (fresh strawberries, red currants, red plums), pungent spices (white pepper, liquorice) and hints of blue flowers (violets). The wine is dry in the mouth with a medium(+) refreshing acidity. It has medium(+) ripe fine-grained tannins and a medium alcohol. It has a medium(+) body and medium intensity flavours of red fruits (fresh strawberries, red currants, red plums), pungent spices (white pepper, liquorice) and hints of blue flowers (violets). The finish is medium(+).

It is a very good quality wine. It shows some degree of complexity provided by aromas ranging from fresh red fruits to hints of blue flowers, including spicy notes. It has a persistent enough finish and a good balance between alcohol and fruit concentration, however it needs more fruit concentration to balance the acidic and tannic structure.

Can drink now, but it has potential to be kept for 1-2 years an develop a bit more of complexity. The tannic and acidic structure are enough for a longer ageing, but it does not have enough fruit concentration to develop interesting tertiary aromas during a prolonged ageing in bottle.

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