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Thursday, November 29, 2012 - Decanted this wine since it is so young. Got a huge whiff of funk coming out of the decanter, something I really didn't expect given what I've come to expect from Eyrie. It was a mix of reduction and earthiness and the wine was a little darker than I had expected, but the light wasn't great so I wasn't sure what was up. After about 30 minutes in the decanter much of that funk had blown off but I was left with a really complex and interesting wine that I was having trouble wrapping my head around. The best way to describe it is if you took a bag of black cherries and pomegranates (and a couple of grapefruit segments) with you to snack on as you hiked through some evergreens; you wife had stuffed a little satchel of potpourri in your coat and it had just rained. The moment you lose your balance stepping over a slippery log you fall face first into the ground and your hand slides through the base of pine needles, crushing them and exposing their oils and your palm squishes into the soil below. The taste in your mouth mingles with the scent of the freshly exposed soil and pine needles to create an overall impression not unlike this wine. I sort of feel like I am stealing a page from something Alberty wrote for a Storyteller Wine newsletter but that's really what this wine did for me. I couldn't help but think about how interesting and complex this wine will get over time. Great acidity and balance in the mouth; the mid-palate is on the leaner side, like many 2010's; solid but not perfect. The finish is long and the aromatics are really great beguiling. A superb wine of place that needs time but it's one that you should have in your cellar.

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