Community Tasting Note

Paul S wrote:

Saturday, July 19, 2008 - Drank at Cassis with Ray and Lydia. Ray's bottle. Went really well with Ray's pigeon and lamb dishes. Dark purple-black colour. Very closed at first, rather tart and flavourless, but it really opened up after an hour or so in the decanter to show soft, lush plums on the nose, with secondary flavours of smoke and ash wafting alongside. On the palate, there were rich plum and blackberry flavours, peppery spice and that same rather haunting smokiness. Very elegant, with softened tannins and really nice fresh acid, which made the wine seem as though it was dancing gracefully along on the tongue. A little short, a little watery on the finish, but that grew longer as the wine unfolded and put on more weight and body through the night. A slight savoury soy character and more secondary anise and pepper scents started emerging at the 2 hour mark. All in all, a really focused, classy wine - very seamless, very classy. As would be expected, the last glass was by far the best. This wine is just about slowly creeping towards its drinking window. I would suggest holding for another 3-5 years at least if you have any.

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