Community Tasting Note

Sisifo wrote:

Friday, December 30, 2011 - Although this wine is years passed its supposed prime, it has been a wow experience.
The cork gave the first impression of being flawed, but it was actually holding well.
I decanted it an hour in advance.
Very faded colors, going into a pale pink. Watery in the look, clear.
The wine brings scents of ripe redberries and wet green leaves. Almost no alcohol to hold the aromas it is challenging to pick up the different smells, but it brings a very subtle and elegant impression to the nose.
Medium-light body, silky. In the mouth it is very discreet until it literally explodes in the finish. Very long finish that starts 1 second after swallowing and ignites a firework of alcohol and spices. On following sips, one can mouth the decadent wet red fruits of the nose aromas. It might lack complexity, but it excels in elegance and the amazing surprise of its finish. Tannins and alcohol are almost non-existent until the aftertaste.
I ate it with a lobster and crab bisqué and it matched perfectly well. It will show its best with pasta and dark fish sauces, but also a pleasure to drink alone.
A couple of hours later, drank without food, the wine brings a rum and cookies ice cream flavor, finishing again with spicy notes. Outstanding.

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