Community Tasting Note

oldgrowth45 wrote:

Sunday, April 24, 2011 - Consumed over two nights. Definite bricking. Big, big nose still showing lots of fruit, as well as blood orange, leather and licorice. As it opens, there's almost a Nebbiolo tar and roses thing on the nose here, interesting. Noticable oak on the initial palate, vanillin. The mid palate is very broad, not terribly complex, but broad. Ripe fruit, filling, plush. However, there's a counterbalancing acidic spine that helps subdue the plushness of the fruit. The finish is showing some age as it becomes attenuated towards the end. Was a better stand alone bottle than paired with food (one of those sit and ponder bottles).

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