Community Tasting Note

grafstrb wrote:

Saturday, July 18, 2015 - Arcadian Retrospective in the O.C. (Casa del Dietz): -- tasted non-blind on Day 3 --

NOSE: pure, red fruits – smells a touch sweet – with a fleck of high-toned orange oil; light oak; still pretty straightforward, but in a tightly packed, rather than simple, kind of way.

BODY: medium to medium-full bodied; dark ruby color of medium-light to medium depth.

TASTE: red-fruited: sweet cranberry, red currant, and cherry; gentle oak; deeply embedded leather aspect that revealed itself only when paired with food (chicken & pasta in a red cream sauce with parm. cheese); long finish of medium intensity; very fine tannins; a bit glossy; 14% alc. not noticeable; great density to the fruit flavors, but not gloppy; medium to medium+ acidity; tastes young --- this must have at least 10 more years before it enters its prime drinking window; this is incredibly delicious, and I'm excited to follow it over the coming years.

50, 5, 12, 17, 9 = 93+ (nearly went 50, 5, 12, 18, 9 = 94)

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