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Deaddeadwine Does not like this wine:

Monday, June 6, 2022 - This wine makes me sad, frankly. It's the second of three that I purchased (the first I consumed 2 1/2 years ago, which was memorably unmoving as well). I decanted this for three hours prior to consumption, drank about 3 glasses, and consumed the remaining 2 glasses the following day.

It's opaque, overly extracted and a bit hot. ('15 was a pretty hot vintage). On day one, it never did really open up -it remained aromatically muted and closed. The palate was hard and alcoholic. Day two , more complex fruit and cola aromas emerged, with a spicy oak note prevalent.

The bummer is that this has zero feminine qualities, none of the pretty Pinot Noir characteristics that were so beguiling in St Innocent wines of the 90s, particularly in the O'Connor vineyard wines ( now Zenith). I'm not even certain that I'd identify this as PN if served blind.

I'll wait to at least 2025 to open the last one. I'm not particularly hopeful.

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