Community Tasting Note

peternelson wrote:

Sunday, January 24, 2016 - Blind Tasting at Roy's: Blind at Roy's: Strawberry, tangy sour cherry, ripe red plum, roses, sweet cigar notes with iodine with a little oxidative dried leaf note which adds to the complexity; Almost sweet entry with Moderate + everything in structure and elevated tannins. A little dill/coconut from American oak made me think rioja. The oak was well integrated. I was stunned to find this was a '93 Silver Oak! This was showing so well and was utterly delicious. I thought it was a '90's Rioja b/c of the oak and cherry notes and high tannins. But the ripeness, and almost sweet entry should have led me to Napa Cab--the OTHER appelation where they use heavy doses of American oak. the other thing was that the alc. clocked in at 13!!! But to be fair, I don't think an older (more traditional) Rioja will show this much vanilla, caramel, coconut, as the oak should be used if not very used.

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