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Monday, July 11, 2022 - Excellent wine.
Perfect to drink now. I can't see how it can get any better, though it might. (Yep, it will assuredly get better!)
It was so excellently balanced, delicate and with perfect royalty of power, speaking in that gorgeous Spanish accent. (Who doesn't love Spanish spoken from Spaniards?)

I was at Sandy State Liquor store again, having just done a 10 day teetotaler stint. I must admit that it was nice break. But now, it was the TIME FOR WINE! So I bought the most interesting, most expensive bottle they had. The guy there said it was from Australia, (huh? the label said Toro, and it was sitting in the Spanish section.) and that it's been there for a while: $210 paid. About that he was right, as the cork was dry! It broke in half! I had to push the other half into the bottle, dammit, but it did not affect the wine.
To match this beauty, I picked up a USDA prime tomahawk steak: OMG so good pan seared blue with Real Salt.

Decanted the bottle to rich, delicate aromas of cherries and soft wood.
Those fell away and the nose closed up big time.
But it's texture was Godly! It was soft, with delicate acid and delicate notes of fruit and fine wood. I normally hate wood in my wine, as you may know, but I guess this guy got a pass.

It opened to tars, among the soft, elegant vanilla.
There was a dust, a fine dust about the palate.
That dust ended up congealing into a grip that demonstrated the need for more cellar time.

This was the wine of the Spanish King.
I was the guest from the Kalmar Union.

3 hours later, it still had no nose!
I guess, I need to keep this open till tomorrow.

As it got more air it actually got more tannic!
More grippy.
Maybe this guy was too young!
(This happens to good Barolos too, where upon opening they are open and then close up to not show for 48 hours.)

We'll see.
I'll revisit tomorrow.

Nope, revisited on the 15th 4 days later from last 2 glasses of undecanted juice.
Still good.
Big, spicy, full bodied, bold, tarry, excellent.
It actually had a nose! The nose of of something old and leathery and rustic.
Just a great wine, but not worth the $$$$.
I'll tell you what, though, if it came between this and Opus 1, I'd choose this every time.
If it came between this and August Clape, HELL NO!
If it came between this and Chistophe Baron juice, HELL NO!

Basically, I'll never put money to this again, because there are plenty of other bottles to experience and not enough time in my life.

DKN

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