Community Tasting Note

tp096255 wrote:

Sunday, January 9, 2011 - ---
COLOR: Deep garnet w/medium ruby rim
NOTE: Okay, so I was probably trying to keep up with Ruthie on the descriptives here, but this was seriously an ever-evolving wine and will definitely make for old bones. Nose is sauteed black fig, fig paste, dried cranberry, garrigue, hints of sweet blueberry liqueur, honeysuckle, jasmin. Then some mesquite and white pepper with limestone sneaks in. Intoxicating boquet that changes in the glass all the time! The mouth is med-hvy Knott's boysenberry syrup, black cherry, grilled black figs, cracked black pepper, lavender, cinnamon, nutmeg. Tannins are ripe but lots of grip takes hold. Finish is full of raspberry jam, more boysenberry syrup, cherry pits, pomagranate seeds, more red spectrum than black. Dried tobacco leaf, very savory, full of umami (now there's a word we don't hear much!). Mineral driven & needs time for integration & tannins to resolve. Like black fruit liqueur drizzled on cracked hot granite. Almost animal & meaty (is that the Mourvedre?). Wow!!! My WOTN!

DECANT: 12 hours (YEP, 12 FREAKIN' HOURS!)
GLASS USED: Bordeaux
TASTE: 9.4-
COST: 80
VALUE: 8.5 (it's that intriguing)
PREVIOUSLY TASTED: n/a
TRY AGAIN: 2013+
PAIRING: Best with the Swedish meatballs and lingonberry sauce!
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