2015 Brian Carter Cellars Byzance

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Tuesday, February 22, 2022 - Good, but very funky when first opened. Ended up pouring a couple of ounces and then letting it sit for 24 hours before trying it again. Showed almost no fruit the first night, and we thought it might be corked because it had a slight wet cardboard smell to it. The second night it was much fruitier, but still had that funk in the background, but it tasted intentional - like the kind of funk you sometimes get from whole cluster fermentation. I saved one glass to try on day three, and it was a little less fruity and had a lot of black pepper and a little briny olive, but that cardboard funk smell was gone. Overall, I think it showed best on day two, so I'd probably recommend a 24 hour slow ox for this one.

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