Community Tasting Note

Tory Griffin wrote:

Sunday, February 8, 2009 - Great bouquet, sweet ripe and slightly steely fruits jump from the glass. Interestingly, in the mouth this wine is young, much younger than expected given the bouquet. There is good fruit here, but it is wrapped in layers of finely grained tannins that coat the entire mouth. It's almost like you're drinking wine with a super-fine grated chalk dust in it that leaves a gritty feeling everywhere. Suffice it to say that I think this wine needs at least another year, perhaps 2 or up, before it becomes more civilized. The fruit is definitely there, as is the acidity for aging. I was shocked to find that this $10 red was in need of some good cellar time! Certainly we can almost never say that for American wines.

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