2016 Quilceda Creek Palengat Red Wine
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Sunday, July 9, 2023 - I opened this last night and allowed it to decant about 2 hours before dinner and it could have used more time. The nose is very fragrant baking spice, cedar, earth, and leather, not especially floral, but darker notes. After 2 hours, the wine shows lots of dark black fruit on the palate like blackberry, cassis, hints of chocolate, tobacco, leather and pencil lead. This wine is not like a Napa fruit bomb, but very restrained. The acidity is starting to integrate and there is still some good tannic structure. I rushed to open this because my experience with a 2014 had a not so pleasant experience but this has a few more years left in it for sure. Just decant it and allow it to evolve. Odedis and Vinnut below also did a good job to capture this experience
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Comment posted by Endodr:
7/9/2023 8:18:00 AM - My impressions from the same bottle:
This was my first experience with this wine and it was quite enjoyable, both with food and by itself. I found this blend’s nose to be very fragrant and floral, with a hint of saddle leather. Initial tastes were of black fruit, mint, wet earth, camphor, and chocolate. There was bit of a burn and harshnes from its alcohol. Although opened for 2 hrs, the wine softened with more time and air in the glass. It later became more tame and integrated with aromas and tastes of blackberries, black cherries, chocolate, leather, and pencil lead. This wine is medium bodied and still fairly tannic. To me. It’s a bit young. I think that it could benefit from 2-4 more years of cellar time.