Community Tasting Note

SexyEpicurean wrote:

Wednesday, January 14, 2015 - Not quite the "Heaven on Earth" potential I remembered from earlier bottles. Shortly after release, we tried a bottle and our faces were nearly ripped off with the intense black fruit/tannin/acidity--which is exactly what you want to find in an age-worthy wine upon release. We expressed our shame at having committed infanticide, and quietly went about purchasing all the rest of the bottles as this seemed like an in-the-bag home run come 5-7 years of cellaring. So, I just opened the first of the 2 I have left. I was very disappointed to not recognize any of the multi-layered character of that early bottle. It just seemed a bit hard, lackluster, no delicious fruit, no mouthwatering acidity. Just kind of "okay" and definitely hinting at having reached an age past which was its prime. I will not wait too long to open my last bottle, but I really hope this was just a bottle anomaly. It seemed to hold such perfection in its youth.

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