Friday, January 6, 2023 - First glass 30 minutes after decanting:
A chocolate-raspberry nose with a palate of raspberry, cassis, vanilla, and well integrated tannins. Full bodied and smooth with a lingering mocha finish.
It went nicely with smoke'n'seared tri-tip and roast potatoes and fennel, and is on just the right side of excellent as far as the CT scoring system goes, in my opinion.
Day 2
Still great. Held up well. Smoother and the pepper comes out more on the back end. Quite a classy bottle considering it was an impulse buy at CVS due to it being the last of its year on the shelf.