Community Tasting Note

Ben Andersen wrote:

Friday, November 30, 2007 - Magnum. Decanted at about 5:30 pm. Initially, a couple people thought it was corked, as it had a faint mustiness. Certainly, there was some discussion / debate over that issue (I was in the "not corked" camp from the beginning, as (FWIW) was Kermit Lynch's sales manager, Matt Cain, with whom I was drinking this). On smelling the cork (I know, not always a true indicator), it was quite clean of any TCA aromas... With a lot of swirling in the glass it seemed to blow off... so we decided to give it some time in the decanter... Finally served 2.5-3 hours later... No more corked-like aromas... Deep, iron / blood notes with light game, licorice and ried red fruits. Serious stuff. Enjoyable, though still very young, I won't open another for 5 years at the earliest - maybe even more like 10...

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