Community Tasting Note

grafstrb wrote:

Wednesday, May 30, 2018 - -- decanted immediately before initial taste --
-- tasted non-blind over a couple hours on Day 1; revisited on Day 4 --

NOSE: ohhhh … yes!!! only moderately expressive, but the restrained giving is quite exciting!; medium-light savory plum is complicated by notes of light (old) oak, Kalamata olive, citric fennel fronds, and anise; lithe, for a Bordeaux.

BODY: no sediment; medium bodied.

TASTE: oak; flashy; a bit smoky; light/tight purple fruits; Kalamata olive carries from the Nose to the palate; hard to assess upon opening; not particularly tannic, but it does seem tight; not funky; no pencil shavings; not overblown --- a Goldilocks wine --- but I do hope this opens/fleshes-out with air/age, which I expect it will; there's a pleasant old furniture note lurking; a touch earthy. Even better on Day 4: much fuller fruits. Buy again. I think a Drink Now – 2034 window is appropriately conservative.

50, 5, 12, 16, 8 = 91+

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