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Saturday, January 20, 2024 - Stylistic '18 blind (The Sumoba compound): N: Dark blueberries minus any ripeness, and the scent of standing on a stone path on a drizzly day. Initially, almost quiet or muted, but thankfully opens up with time showing nice black earth, dark fruits (more red and black), and a nice brightness from wet stones.

P: Dark and bitter oak and damp wet earth, wet minerals. This has a damp characteristic or mustiness in a good way. The least ripe of the line up on the first go. With time though, this finally shows its goods. Black fruits that are giving yet so classy. Deep and intense without ever being heavy.

This is the person who may act timid, quiet and even awkward at first. But as they get comfortable, they really open up and they're just awesome to be around.

Reminds me when I tasted from a 750ml bottle a while back (this one for the blind is a half bottle) where it started showing its best glass on the last couple of glasses. That took HOURS before it started opening up, but this half bottle also took much less time to open up and unfortunately, it was almost gone by the time it was starting to show up. Least favorite of the blind lineup but to be fair, this was on the first go where it had no time to open up. 96+

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